corded

[kawr-did]

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adjective

furnished with, made of, or in the form of cords.

ribbed, as a fabric.

bound with cords.

(of wood) stacked up in cords.

stringy, or ribbed, in appearance, especially from the prominence of the muscles, veins, etc.: a corded throat.

(of pottery) decorated with the imprint of twisted cords.

Origin of corded

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at cord, -ed³

cord

[kawrd]

noun

a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.

Electricity. a small, flexible, insulated cable.

a ribbed fabric, especially corduroy.

a cordlike rib on the surface of cloth.

any influence that binds or restrains: cord of marriage.

Anatomy. a cordlike structure: the spinal cord; umbilical cord.

a unit of volume used chiefly for fuel wood, now generally equal to 128 cu. ft. (3.6 cu. m), usually specified as 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high (2.4 m × 1.2 m × 1.2 meters). Abbreviation: cd, cd.

a hangman's rope.

verb (used with object)

to bind or fasten with a cord or cords.

to pile or stack up (wood) in cords.

to furnish with a cord.

Origin of cord

1250–1300; Middle English coord(e) < Anglo-French, Old French corde < Latin chorda < Greek chordḗ gut; confused in part of its history with chord¹

Related formscord·er, nouncord·like, adjective

Can be confusedchord cord cored.

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Related Words for corded

knit, entangle, cord, secure, bind, tie, tether, loop, tat

Examples from the Web for corded

Contemporary Examples of corded

One doctor told them to keep their cellphones off their bodies and use them only to text or with a corded headset for two months.
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Sharon Begley
June 2, 2011

Historical Examples of corded

He raised his corded, lean hand to the corded, lean throat as though he was choking.
Louisiana Lou
William West Winter
It is corded and wired in the most exasperating way, but at last I get it open.
My Contemporaries In Fiction
David Christie Murray
He faltered, and his brow was corded with the labor of memory.
The Best Short Stories of 1917
Various
Instead of going up to him, she sat down on the corded trunk and began to sob.
Fraternity
John Galsworthy
The doctor started up and beat his thin, corded hand on the mantel.
The Squirrel-Cage
Dorothy Canfield

British Dictionary definitions for corded

corded

adjective

bound or fastened with cord

(of a fabric) ribbed

(of muscles) standing out like cords

cord

noun

string or thin rope made of several twisted strands

a length of woven or twisted strands of silk, etc, sewn on clothing or used as a belt

a ribbed fabric, esp corduroy

any influence that binds or restrains

US and Canadian a flexible insulated electric cable, used esp to connect appliances to mainsAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): flex

anatomy any part resembling a string or ropethe spinal cord

a unit of volume for measuring cut wood, equal to 128 cubic feet

verb (tr)

to bind or furnish with a cord or cords

to stack (wood) in cords

Derived Formscorder, nouncordlike, adjective

Word Origin for cord

C13: from Old French corde, from Latin chorda cord, from Greek khordē; see chord 1

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Word Origin and History for corded

cord

c.1300, from Old French corde "rope, string, twist, cord," from Latin chorda "string of a musical instrument, cat-gut," from Greek khorde "string, catgut, chord, cord," from PIE root *ghere- "intestine" (see yarn). As a measure of wood (eight feet long, four feet high and wide) first recorded 1610s, so called because it was measured with a cord of rope.

corded in Medicine

cord

n.

A long ropelike bodily structure, such as a nerve or tendon.