: cleansed and disentangled preparatory to spinning : prepared by the action of cards (see card entry 4 sense 1) or a carding machine
carded fibers
Roving … is a ribbon of carded wool, the fibers of which are rubbed together into a round continuous strand with no twist whatever, ready for the spinning process.—
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Werner Von BergenExamples of carded in a Sentence
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Hyer said instituting a playoff ban for the most carded schools would reward those that are following the rules.
—Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
Without Jordi Alba who was red-carded, Barca now travel to the Spanish capital to take on Atletico Madrid next Sunday where a draw or defeat could see both teams' bitter rivals and defending champions Real Madrid retake the lead in La Liga.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
By 1917, the family business sold cotton, velvet, yarn, carded cloth, and wadding from London to China.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 24 Feb. 2022
Roche is now working with upcycled cashmere fibers derived from pre-consumer waste yarn, which instead of being thrown away, is sorted into colors, shredded, carded, and made into new yarn.
—Vogue, 26 Jan. 2022
Francisco Ortega was red-carded late in the first half, leaving Argentina down a man.
—San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2021
The junior from Cordoba, Argentina, carded birdies on Nos. 1, 4, 7 and 9 and had one bogey to seize the lead.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 23 Apr. 2021
Fischer made a pair of saves before being blue-carded and leaving the game with 6:13 left in the first half.
—J.c. Carnahan, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Feb. 2021
Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
Without Jordi Alba who was red-carded, Barca now travel to the Spanish capital to take on Atletico Madrid next Sunday where a draw or defeat could see both teams' bitter rivals and defending champions Real Madrid retake the lead in La Liga.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
By 1917, the family business sold cotton, velvet, yarn, carded cloth, and wadding from London to China.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 24 Feb. 2022
Roche is now working with upcycled cashmere fibers derived from pre-consumer waste yarn, which instead of being thrown away, is sorted into colors, shredded, carded, and made into new yarn.
—Vogue, 26 Jan. 2022
Francisco Ortega was red-carded late in the first half, leaving Argentina down a man.
—San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2021
The junior from Cordoba, Argentina, carded birdies on Nos. 1, 4, 7 and 9 and had one bogey to seize the lead.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 23 Apr. 2021
Fischer made a pair of saves before being blue-carded and leaving the game with 6:13 left in the first half.
—J.c. Carnahan, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Feb. 2021
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“Carded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carded. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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