discard

Etymology

From dis- +‎ card.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkɑːd/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkɑɹd/
• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪskɑːd/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪskɑɹd/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d

Verb

discard (third-person singular simple present discards, present participle discarding, simple past and past participle discarded)

1. (transitive) to throw away, to reject.
   • I. Taylor

     A man discards the follies of boyhood.

2. (intransitive, card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.
3. To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
   • Jonathan Swift

     They blame the favourites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should […] resolve to discard them.

Noun

discard (plural discards)

1. Anything discarded.
2. A discarded playing card in a card game.

Further reading

• discard in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• discard in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

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