Discard Definition

dĭ-skärd
discarded, discarding, discards
verb
discarded, discarding, discards
To remove (a card or cards) from one's hand.
Webster's New World
To throw away, abandon, or get rid of as no longer valuable or useful.
Webster's New World
To play (a card not a trump and not in the suit led) when holding no cards in the suit led.
Webster's New World
To make a discard.
Webster's New World
To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
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noun
discards
A discarding or being discarded.
Webster's New World
The act of discarding in a card game.
American Heritage
Something discarded.
Webster's New World
The card or cards discarded.
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Other Word Forms of Discard

Noun

Singular:
discard
Plural:
discards

Origin of Discard

  • From dis- +‎ card.

    From Wiktionary

Discard Sentence Examples

  • She started the coffee and picked up an empty pop bottle from the counter to discard in the trash.

  • Remove the leaves and discard the newspaper.

  • He was also the first to discard the use of wooden bomb-shells, and substitute others cast in bronze.

  • On account of the conflict of opinion in ethics we cannot hope to obtain certainty upon all questions; still reflection will lead us to discard some of the conflicting views and find a reconciliation for others, and will furnish, on the whole, a practically sufficient residuum of moral truth.

  • And so the newer school discard acquired characters and all the Lamarckian factors and leave the board clear for "mutations."

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Words Starting With

DDIDIS

Words Ending With

DRDARD

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