Definitions for discard
dɪˈskɑrd; ˈdɪs kɑrddis·card

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. discardnoun

   anything that is cast aside or discarded

2. discardnoun

   (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit

3. discard, throwing awayverb

   getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable

4. discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put awayverb

   throw or cast away

   "Put away your worries"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. discardnoun

   Anything discarded.

2. discardnoun

   A discarded playing card in a card game.

3. discardverb

   to throw away, to reject

4. Etymology: descarter, for more usual escarter (French écarter), *. Although early associated with card play, it doesn't derive from card.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Discardverb

   Etymology: dis and card.

   1. To throw out of the hand such cards as are useless.2. To discharge or eject from service or employment.

   These men being certainly jewels to a wise man, considering what wonders they were able to perform, yet were discarded by that unworthy prince, as not worthy the holding. Philip Sidney.

   Their captains, if they list, discard whom they please, and send away such as will perhaps willingly be rid of that dangerous and hard service. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

   Should we own that we have a very imperfect idea of substance, would it not be hard to charge us with discarding substance out of the world? John Locke.

   Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is always therefore represented as blind. Joseph Addison, Guardian, №. 99.

   They blame the favourites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should be at an end of her patience, and resolve to discard them. Jonathan Swift.

   I do not conceive why a sunk discarded party, who neither expect nor desire more than a quiet life, should be charged with endeavouring to introduce popery. Jonathan Swift.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Discardverb

   to throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards)

2. Discardverb

   to cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away

3. Discardverb

   to put or thrust away; to reject

4. Discardverb

   to make a discard

5. Discardnoun

   the act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Discard

   dis-kärd, v.t. and v.i. to throw away, as not needed or not allowed by the game, said of cards: in whist, to throw down a (useless) card of another suit when one cannot follow suit and cannot or will not trump: to cast off: to discharge: to reject.—n. the act of discarding: the card or cards thrown out of the hand.—n. Discard′ment.

Matched Categories

1. • Abandonment
   • Card Game
   • Object

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of discard in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of discard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of discard in a Sentence

1. Diane Spatz:

   We tell moms,' you know, If you are feeling tipsy, drunk, woozy, any effects of alcohol, you shouldn't be caring for your infant, nor should you be breastfeeding your infant,' that's when a mom will pump and discard her milk. But that's for getting rid of the milk for comfort's sake.

2. George Washington:

   There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation. 'Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.

3. Lao Tzu:

   While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion Let nature take its course. By letting each thing act in accordance with its own nature, everything that needs to be done gets done.

4. Lao Tzu:

   The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial they abide with realities, they remain not with what is showy. The one they discard, the other they hold.

5. David Mamet:

   The proclamation and repetition of first principles is a constant feature of life in our democracy. Active adherence to these principles, however, has always been considered un-American. We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, when faced with discomfort, to discard any and all first principles of liberty, and, further, to indict those who do not freely join with us in happily arrogating those principles.

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