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    discard

    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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  3. Learn the meaning of discard as a verb and a noun, with usage examples and related words. Find out how to pronounce discard and translate it in different languages.

  4. 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.”

  5. Learn the meaning of discard as a verb and a noun, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Find out how to use discard in a card game, and how to get rid of something useless or unwanted.

  6. [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.

  7. Learn the meaning of discard as a verb and a noun, with examples of usage and synonyms. Find out how to discard cards in card games and how to avoid discarding things unnecessarily.

  8. Discard means to throw away or reject something useless or undesirable, or to get rid of a card in a card game. See different dictionaries, synonyms, translations and usage examples of discard.

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