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verb
- 1. get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable: "Hilary bundled up the clothes she had discarded"
noun
- 1. a thing rejected as no longer useful or desirable.
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DISCARD definition: 1. to throw something away or get rid of it because you no longer want or need it: 2. to get rid…. Learn more.
The meaning of DISCARD is to get rid of especially as useless or unwanted. How to use discard in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Discard.
DISCARD meaning: 1. to throw something away or get rid of it because you no longer want or need it: 2. to get rid…. Learn more.
to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat. Antonyms: retain, preserve, keep, hold. Cards. to throw out (a card or cards) from one's hand. to play (a card, not a trump, of a different suit from that of the card led).
When you discard something, you get rid of it. If your closet is overflowing with clothes you haven't worn since 1992, why not discard some of them? When the verb discard first entered the English language in the sixteenth century, it referred to card playing and meant “to throw a card away.”.
If you discard something, you get rid of it because you no longer want it or need it.
1. to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of. 2. a. to throw out (a playing card) from one's hand. b. to play (a card, not a trump, of a different suit from that of the card led). v.i. 3. to discard a playing card. n. 4. the act of discarding. 5. a person or thing that is cast out or rejected.
[transitive] (formal) to get rid of something that you no longer want or need. discard somebody/something The room was littered with discarded newspapers. He had discarded his jacket because of the heat. (figurative) She could now discard all thought of promotion.
discard meaning, definition, what is discard: to get rid of something: Learn more.
To remove (a card or cards) from one's hand. To throw away, abandon, or get rid of as no longer valuable or useful. To play (a card not a trump and not in the suit led) when holding no cards in the suit led. To make a discard. To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
