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dis⋅card

  [v. di-skahrd; n. dis-kahrd]
Use discard in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
2. Cards.
a. to throw out (a card or cards) from one's hand.
b. to play (a card, not a trump, of a different suit from that of the card led).
–verb (used without object)
3. Cards. to discard a card or cards.
–noun
4. the act of discarding.
5. a person or thing that is cast out or rejected.
6. Cards. a card or cards discarded.
Origin:
1580–90; dis- 1 + card 1

Related forms:
dis⋅card⋅a⋅ble, adjective
dis⋅card⋅er, noun

Antonyms:
1. retain.
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dis·card   (dĭ-skärd')   
v.   dis·card·ed, dis·card·ing, dis·cards

v.   tr.
  1. To throw away; reject.
    1. To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand.
    2. To play (a card other than a trump) from a suit different from that of the card led.
v.   intr.
To discard a playing card.
n.   (dĭs'kärd')
    1. The act of discarding in a card game.
    2. A discarded playing card.
  2. One that is discarded or rejected.
dis·card'a·ble adj., dis·card'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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).

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

Dis*card"\, v. i. (Card Playing) To make a discard.

Discard

Dis*card"\, n. (Card Playing) The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : discard
Spanish: desechar, deshacerse de,
German: ausrangieren,
Japanese: 捨てる
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discard 
1591, from dis- "away" (see dis-) + card (n.). In a non-gaming sense, first recorded 1595.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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