cord UK /ˈkɔːd/US /ˈkoɹd/noun 8verb 4forms 3phrases 2 noun8 •a thin strong rope, used to tie or pull somethingThe burglar tied up the victim with a cord. •Any quantity of such material when viewed as a mass or commodity.He looped some cord around his fingers. •A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance. •Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve. •A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long. •A quantity of firewood or cut logs. •(figurative) Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.Clear-headed friend, whose joyful scorn, / Edged with sharp laughter, cuts atwain / The knots that tangle human creeds, / The wounding cords that bind and strain / The heart until it bleeds, […] — 1842 •(old-fashioned) Dated form of chord. verb4 •To tie or fasten with cords. •To furnish with cords. •To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord. •To flatten a book during binding. formscorded · cording · cords Phrases with cord cut the cordTo end a child's overdependence on or overattachment to their parents. cut the umbilical cordTo end a child's overdependence on or overattachment to their parents.