Dictionary

discard en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɪskɑɹd/ (US)
• /ˈdɪskɑːd/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From dis- + card. Compare Spanish descartar.

Meanings

1. Anything discarded.
2. One or more discarded playing cards in a card game.
   • "Stroll across and see how the game is going," suggested Carrados. "Have a look at Crediton's discard and then come back." 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
3. The act of discarding.
   • Spinola was hovering about the external fittings of the figure with unusual fussiness. When at length he released the left hand it seemed for an almost perceptible moment that the action hung. Then the arm descended and carried out the discard. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
4. A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.
   • Discards can be used with out parameters, with tuples, with pattern matching (Chapters 6 and 8), or even as stand-alone variables. 2017, Andrew Troelsen, Philip Japikse, Pro C# 7: With .NET and .NET Core, page 120:

Forms

Translations (21)

te పారవేసిన పేక ముక్క (discarded playing card) · mk фр́лање (anything discarded) · mk отфр́лена ка́рта (discarded playing card) · mk испу́штање (anything discarded) · gl refugallo (anything discarded) · bg изчистена карта (discarded playing card) · fi jäte (anything discarded) · fi hylkytavara (anything discarded) · gl refugo (anything discarded) · ja 捨て札 (discarded playing card) · bg изоставяне (anything discarded) · mi paruranga (anything discarded) · te వదిలిన (anything discarded) · mk отфр́лање (anything discarded) · da kassation (anything discarded) · fi hylky (anything discarded) · bg захвърляне (anything discarded) · fi pois heitetty kortti (discarded playing card) · ru отхо́ды (anything discarded) · ru сбро́шенная ка́рта (discarded playing card) · ja 廃棄物 (anything discarded)

discard en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /dɪsˈkɑɹd/ (US)
• /dɪˈskɑːd/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɪˈskɑɹd/ (US)
• /dɪsˈkɑːd/ (UK)

Etymology

From dis- + card. Compare Spanish descartar.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To throw away, to reject.
   • A man discards the follies of boyhood. 1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC:
   • My next stop is Oxford, which has also grown with the addition of new platforms to accommodate the Chiltern Railways service to London via Bicester - although, short sightedly, the planned electrification from Paddington was canned. Evidence of the volte-face can be seen along the line at places such as Radley, where mast piles are already sunk or lie discarded at the lineside. 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, pages 67–68:
2. (intransitive) To make a discard; to throw out a card.
3. To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
   • […] They blame the Favourites in point of Policy, and think it nothing extraordinary, that the Queen ſhould be at an end of Her Patience, and reſolve to diſcard them. 1711 December 8 (Gregorian calendar), [Jonathan Swift], The Conduct of the Allies, and of the Late Ministry, in Beginning and Carrying on the Present War, 4th edition, London: […] John Morphew […], published 1711, →OCLC, page 65:

Forms

Deriveds

discardment · discardure · discarder · discardable · undiscarded

Synonyms

can · let go · chuck out · throw aside · terminate · give someone the boot · throw out · dismiss · ditch · chuck away · throw aside · give the axe · give someone their cards · cast aside · give someone the heave-ho · dispose of · promote to customer · decruit · discharge · cast away · give someone the old heave-ho · throw out · jettison · retrench · cast off · lay off · get rid of · unhire · 86 · shit-can · pink slip · give the elbow · toss · cast away · cast aside · jettison · dump · throw away · get rid of · sack · dispose of · scrap · let someone go · axe · dehire · throw away · throw down · chuck · dismiss · downsize · fire · serve notice · sack · remove · give the chop · shift · trash · eliminate · can · term · fire · junk · bin · let go · discard · make redundant · discard · pitch

Translations (82)

mk фр́ли (to throw away, reject) · bg изхвърлям (to throw away, reject) · mi paetau (to throw away, reject) · ru выбра́сывать (to throw away, reject) · st lahla (to throw away, reject) · sl zavreči (to throw away, reject) · cs odhodit (to throw away, reject) · fi poistaa kädestä (to throw out a playing card) · sv avfärda (to throw away, reject) · fr défausser (to throw out a playing card) · vi vứt (to throw away, reject) · fi heittää menemään (to throw away, reject) · ja 棄てる (to throw away, reject) · de ablegen (to throw out a playing card) · uk відкидати (to throw away, reject) · de abwerfen (to throw out a playing card) · uk відмовлятися (to throw away, reject) · mi hoehoe (to throw away, reject) · nl verwerpen (to throw away, reject) · ru вы́бросить (to throw away, reject) · sk zahodiť (to throw away, reject) · mi ruke (to throw away, reject) · lo ເຂັ່ຽ (to throw away, reject) · fr rejeter (to throw away, reject) · el ανατινάζω (to throw away, reject) · gl rexeitar (to throw away, reject) · sh odbijati (to throw away, reject) · el πετώ (to throw out a playing card) · da kassere (to throw away, reject) · sk vyhodiť (to throw away, reject) · es desechar (to throw away, reject) · ro arunca (to throw away, reject) · fi heittää pois (to throw away, reject) · de verwerfen (to throw away, reject) · ml ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുക (to throw away, reject) · toi sowa (to throw away, reject) · te నిరాకరించు (to throw away, reject) · el απορρίπτω (to throw away, reject) · nl afdanken (to throw away, reject) · fi heittää pois (to throw out a playing card) · nl afleggen (to throw away, reject) · eu baztertu (to throw away, reject) · bg чистя (to throw out a playing card) · fi poistaa (to throw out a playing card) · es descartar (to throw away, reject) · gl refugar (to throw away, reject) · la rejiciō (to throw away, reject) · fi hävittää (to throw away, reject) · mk и́сфрли (to throw away, reject) · fi hylätä (to throw away, reject) · mk о́дбие (to throw away, reject) · vi loại bỏ (to throw away, reject) · fr écarter (to throw away, reject) · sh odbiti (to throw away, reject) · mk о́тфрли (to throw away, reject) · gl desbotar (to throw away, reject) · sv slänga (to throw away, reject) · grc ἀποβάλλω (to throw away, reject) · cmn 拋棄 /抛弃 (to throw away, reject) · ru отбро́сить (to throw away, reject) · ru отбра́сывать (to throw away, reject) · mn модоо хаях (to throw out a playing card) · ja 捨てる (to throw away, reject) · it scartare (to throw out a playing card) · bg захвърлям (to throw away, reject) · la abicio (to throw away, reject) · sv kasta (to throw away, reject) · mk о́тстрани (to throw away, reject) · mi ākiri (to throw away, reject) · el παραμερίζω (to throw away, reject) · lo ເຂັ່ຍ (to throw away, reject) · nl opzijzetten (to throw away, reject) · ko 버리다 (to throw away, reject) · cmn 丟棄 /丢弃 (to throw away, reject) · hu elvet (to throw away, reject) · af weggooi (to throw away, reject) · pt descartar (to throw away, reject) · gl descartar (to throw out a playing card) · sk odhodiť (to throw away, reject) · fi laskea pois (to throw out a playing card) · pl zrzucić (to throw away, reject) · mi whakarei (to throw away, reject)