DISCARD - Definition

Meaning of DISCARD

Pronunciation:		[n]'diskârd, [v]di'skârd, dis'kârd
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable [n] the act of throwing out a useless card or to failing to follow suit [n] anything that is cast aside or discarded [v] throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

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	Synonyms:	cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, throwing away, toss, toss away, toss out

	See Also:	abandon, abandonment, card game, cards, close out, de-access, deep-six, dump, get rid of, give it the deep six, jettison, junk, liquidize, object, pension off, physical object, remove, retire, scrap, sell off, sell out, sell up, staging, trash, unlearn, waste

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Discard"\, 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). 2. To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away. They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to discard them. --Swift. 3. To put or thrust away; to reject. A man discards the follies of boyhood. --I. Taylor. Syn: To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier. \Discard"\, v. i. (Card Playing) To make a discard. \Dis*card"\, n. (Card Playing) The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.

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Thesaurus Terms

	Related Terms:	abandon, abdicate, abjuration, abjure, abjurement, back out, beg off, boot out, bounce, brush aside, cashier, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, cast out, castaway, castoff, cast-off, 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

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