chord Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a straight line connecting two points on a curve
  2. noun a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
  3. verb play chords on (a string instrument)
  4. verb bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing
    harmonize; harmonise.

WordNet

Chord noun
Etymology
L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. . In the sense of a string or small rope, in general, it is written cord. See Cord.
Definitions
  1. The string of a musical instrument. Milton.
  2. (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.
  3. (Geom.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.
  4. (Anat.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4.
  5. (Engin.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension. Waddell.
Chord transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Chorded; present participle & verbal noun Chording
Definitions
  1. To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.
    When Jubal struck the chorded shell. Dryden.
    Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp. Beecher.
Chord intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.

Webster 1913