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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.
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.
Discard definition: to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of. See examples of DISCARD used in a sentence.
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.
[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.
noun. the act of discarding. a person or thing that is cast out or rejected. Cards. a card or cards discarded. discard. verb. tr to get rid of as useless or undesirable. cards to throw out (a card or cards) from one's hand. cards to play (a card not of the suit led nor a trump) when unable to follow suit. noun.
discard meaning, definition, what is discard: to get rid of something: Learn more.
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