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discard Definition

dis·card (dis kärd′; for n. dis′kärd′)

transitive verb

  1. Card Games
    1. to remove (a card or cards) from one's hand
    2. to play (a card not a trump and not in the suit led) when holding no cards in the suit led
  2. to throw away, abandon, or get rid of as no longer valuable or useful

Etymology: OFr descarter, prob. < des- + carte: see dis- & card

intransitive verb

Card Games to make a discard

noun

  1. a discarding or being discarded
  2. something discarded
  3. Card Games the card or cards discarded

discard Synonyms

discard

v.

reject, throw away, get rid of, dispose of, throw out, expel, repudiate, abandon, cast aside, cast away, cast out, cast off, throw off, throw aside, throw overboard, lay aside, thrust off, thrust away, thrust aside, put by, give up, shuffle off, slough, renounce, supersede, have done with, make away with, drop all idea of, dismantle, discharge, write off, banish, eject, dismiss, divorce, dispossess, dispense with, toss aside, toss away, toss out, dump, shake off, pass up, rid oneself of, free of, root out, get quit of, deliver oneself from, give away, part with, file off, do away with, shed, dismiss from use, abjure, jettison, relinquish, repeal, dispatch, shovel out, sweep away, cancel, forsake, desert, lay on the shelf, cut*, have nothing to do with, brush away, brush aside*, scotch*, chuck*, heave overboard*, toss overboard*, drop*, ditch*, wash one's hands of*, junk*, scrap*, deep-six*, eighty-six*; see also abandon 1, 2, dismiss 1.

Antonyms save*, retain*, preserve.

discard Usage Examples

Object

  • needle: Needle disposal To report discarded needles & gain advice about safe disposal of needles.
  • syringe: Members of the public and employees may come into contact with discarded syringes and needles.
  • marinade: Remove the lamb pieces from the bag and discard the marinade.
  • cigarette: The fire is believed to have been started by a discarded cigarette.
  • stalk: Strain off the liquid from the casserole and discard the parsley stalks, orange zest and bay leaf.
  • packet: A machine that runs out of memory will discard incoming packets.

Preposition: as

  • waste: It is not possible to say whether any particular substance, in any particular circumstance is discarded as waste.

Adjective complement

  • inaudible: Each reform has would leave billions new generation vehicle encoders discard inaudible.

Modifying Another Word

  • carelessly: A carelessly discarded match, a chip pan left unattended.
  • silently: Any data sent to the input stream side of the socket is acknowledged and then silently discarded.
  • casually: Once the bookmarks were finished, I didn't want to casually discard the book simply because there were 100+ holes in its pages.
  • lightly: Nevertheless, these obligations should not be discarded lightly.
  • routinely: Once routinely discarded along with the placenta and considered a waste product, it has been used in more than 6,000 transplants worldwide.
  • safely: They should be used once only and then discarded safely.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • along: The concept of the mise en scene was discarded along with a certain knowledge about cinema which concerned its esthetic aspects.

Used with why or when

  • when: Whether the pass was intentional or not does not come into the offside calculation - and should be discarded when offside decisions are made.
  • what: Fasting derives in part from a desire to abstain from something temporarily - not to discard what is seen to be useless.

Preposition: in

  • favor: Weak alternatives are discarded in favor of strong ones.

Preposition: of

  • fish: These measures aim to reduce the level of discarding of undersized fish or non-target species.

Preposition: upon

  • reset: Note that if you implement sequential local procedures, all of the revisions are discarded upon reset.