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1discard
verb dis·card \dis-ˈkärd, ˈdis-ˌ\
: to throw (something) away because it is useless or unwanted
: to remove (a playing card) from your hand in a card game
Full Definition of DISCARD
transitive verb
1
: to get rid of especially as useless or unwanted <a pile of discarded tires>
2
a : to remove (a playing card) from one's hand b : to play (any card except a trump) from a suit different from the one led
intransitive verb
: to discard a playing card
— dis·card·able \-də-bəl\ adjective
— dis·card·er noun
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First Known Use of DISCARD
circa 1586
Related to DISCARD
- Synonyms
- cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, ditch, dump, eighty-six (or 86), exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off), throw away, throw out, toss, unload, dispose of, set aside
Synonym Discussion of DISCARD
discard, cast, shed, slough, scrap, junk mean to get rid of. discard implies the letting go or throwing away of something that has become useless or superfluous though often not intrinsically valueless <discard old clothes>. cast, especially when used with off, away, or out, implies a forceful rejection or repudiation <cast off her friends>. shed and slough imply a throwing off of something both useless and encumbering and often suggest a consequent renewal of vitality or luster <shed a bad habit> <finally sloughed off the depression>. scrap and junk imply throwing away or breaking up as worthless in existent form <scrap all the old ways> <would junk our educational system>.
Rhymes with DISCARD
Asgard, backyard, barnyard, blackguard, blowhard, boatyard, bombard, boneyard, brassard, brickyard, charge card, churchyard, cloth yard, coast guard, courtyard, dance card, deeryard, die-hard, diehard, dockyard, dooryard, face card, farmyard, fireguard, flash card, foulard, Fugard, Gerard, graveyard, green card, ill-starred, jacquard, junkyard, lifeguard, main yard, mansard, mass card, Midgard, milliard, mudguard, noseguard, off guard, old guard, on guard, Oxnard, phone card, Picard, placard, point guard, postcard, poularde, punch card, rear guard, rearguard, Red Guard, regard, retard, ritard, safeguard, scorecard, shipyard, smart card, sound card, spikenard, steelyard, stockyard, switchyard, tabard, tanyard, tiltyard, time card, unbarred, unguard, vizard, wild card
2discard
noun dis·card \ˈdis-ˌkärd\
: something (such as a playing card) that has been discarded
Full Definition of DISCARD
1
a : the act of discarding in a card game b : a card discarded
2
: one that is cast off or rejected
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First Known Use of DISCARD
1744
DISCARD Defined for Kids
1discard
verb dis·card \di-ˈskärd\
dis·card·eddis·card·ing
Definition of DISCARD for Kids
1
: to get rid of as useless or unwanted
2
: to throw down an unwanted card from a hand of cards
2discard
noun dis·card \ˈdi-ˌskärd\
Definition of DISCARD for Kids
: something thrown away or rejected
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