DISCARD meaning: Throw away or reject something

We found 33 dictionaries that define the word discard:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

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Discard, discard: Wordnik
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discard: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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Discard, discard: Dictionary.com
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discard: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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Discard: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
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Art (2 matching dictionaries)

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Business (1 matching dictionary)

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Computing (1 matching dictionary)

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Slang (1 matching dictionary)

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Sports (1 matching dictionary)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To throw away, to reject.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.
▸ verb:  To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
▸ noun:  Anything discarded.
▸ noun:  A discarded playing card in a card game.
▸ noun:  (programming) A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.

Opposite:

retain, keep, save, conserve

Types:

mulligan, draw, muck, graveyard, more...

Phrases:

Discard Protocol, peanut discard, cantaloupe discard, deal with or discard, discard as worthless, more...

Adjectives:

first, final, early, selective, last, top, safe, provisional, click, complete, subsequent

Colors:

gray, brown, black, beige, olive, more...

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