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discarded

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dis⋅card

  [v. di-skahrd; n. dis-kahrd]
–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.
Use discarded in a Sentence
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.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

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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