discard

To discard is defined as to get rid of something or throw something away.

(verb)

When you throw out trash, this is an example of a time when you discard the trash.
When you get rid of a card that is in your hand during a game of poker, this is an example of a time when you discard the card.

See discard in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

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
to throw away, abandon, or get rid of as no longer valuable or useful

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

intransitive verb

Card Games to make a discard

noun

See discard in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb dis·card·ed, dis·card·ing, dis·cards

verb, transitive

To throw away; reject.
a. To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand.
b. To play (a card other than a trump) from a suit different from that of the card led.

verb, intransitive

To discard a playing card.

noun (dĭsˈkärdˌ)