'Discard' definitions:
Definition of 'discard'
From: WordNet
noun
Anything that is cast aside or discarded
noun
(cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit
noun
Getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable [syn: discard, throwing away]
verb
Definition of 'Discard'
From: GCIDE
- Discard \Dis*card"\, n. (Card Playing) The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Discard'
From: GCIDE
- Discard \Dis*card"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Discarding.]
- 1. (Card Playing) To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards). [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away. [1913 Webster]
- They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to discard them. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To put or thrust away; to reject. [1913 Webster]
- A man discards the follies of boyhood. --I. Taylor.
- Syn: To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Discard'
From: GCIDE
- Discard \Dis*card"\, v. i. (Card Playing) To make a discard. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'discard'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abdicate,
- abjuration,
- abjure,
- abjurement,
- back out,
- beg off,
- boot out,
- bounce,
- brush aside,
- cashier,
- cast,
- cast aside,
- cast away,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- cast-off,
- castaway,
- castoff,
- chuck,
- chuck out,
- chucking,
- chucking out,
- clearance,
- contemn,
- contempt,
- contradict,
- contradiction,
- cry off,
- declination,
- decline,
- declining,
- deep six,
- deep-six,
- defenestrate,
- denial,
- deny,
- depart from,
- deportation,
- derelict,
- despisal,
- despise,
- despising,
- detachment,
- detrude,
- dice,
- disapproval,
- disapprove,
- discarding,
- discharge,
- disclaim,
- disclamation,
- discount,
- discounting,
- disdain,
- disjunction,
- dismiss,
- dismissal,
- disown,
- disownment,
- dispense with,
- disposal,
- dispose of,
- disposition,
- disregard,
- ditch,
- dogie,
- drop out,
- dump,
- dumping,
- eighty-six,
- eject,
- ejection,
- eliminate,
- elimination,
- eradication,
- evacuate,
- except,
- exception,
- exclude,
- exclusion,
- exile,
- expatriation,
- expel,
- expulsion,
- extrude,
- flotsam,
- flotsam and jetsam,
- forsake,
- forswear,
- foundling,
- get quit of,
- get rid of,
- get shut of,
- give away,
- give the hook,
- go back on,
- heave out,
- ignore,
- ignoring,
- jetsam,
- jettison,
- jilt,
- junk,
- junking,
- kick downstairs,
- kick out,
- lagan,
- lay aside,
- leave,
- leave behind,
- leave flat,
- liquidation,
- maroon,
- nonacceptance,
- nonapproval,
- nonconsideration,
- obtrude,
- orphan,
- ostracism,
- oust,
- outlawing,
- outlawry,
- part with,
- pass by,
- pass up,
- passing by,
- pull out,
- purge,
- push aside,
- put out,
- putting away,
- putting out,
- quit,
- quit cold,
- rebuff,
- recant,
- recantation,
- refusal,
- refuse,
- refuse to consider,
- reject,
- rejectamenta,
- rejection,
- removal,
- remove,
- renege,
- renounce,
- renouncement,
- repel,
- repudiate,
- repudiation,
- repulse,
- riddance,
- rubbish,
- say goodbye to,
- scout,
- scouting,
- scrap,
- scrapping,
- severance,
- shed,
- shoot,
- shove away,
- slough,
- spurn,
- spurning,
- stand down,
- suspension,
- take leave of,
- throw,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- throw over,
- throw overboard,
- throwaway,
- throwing out,
- thrust out,
- toss out,
- toss overboard,
- trash,
- turn away,
- turn out,
- turning out,
- vacate,
- waif,
- waifs and strays,
- waive,
- wastrel,
- withdraw,
- withdrawal