Definition of discards Discards
/dɪskɑˈɹdz/ - [diskardz] -
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What does discards mean?
Wiktionary 
- discards (Noun)
Plural of discard.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: discards |
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| discard - getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable | ||
| throwing away | ||
| abandonment the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away | ||
| discard - (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit | ||
| abandonment the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away | ||
| card game, cards a game played with playing cards | ||
| discard - anything that is cast aside or discarded | ||
| physical object, object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" | ||
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| discard - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" | ||
| fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away | ||
| get rid of, remove dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" | ||
| unlearn discard something previously learnt, like an old habit | ||
| give it the deep six, deep-six throw from a boat | ||
| jettison throw as from an airplane | ||
| junk, trash, scrap dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" | ||
| waste become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" | ||
| dump drop (stuff) in a heap or mass; "The truck dumped the garbage in the street" | ||
| retire cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" | ||
| abandon stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" | ||
| sell up, liquidize, sell out give information that compromises others | ||
| de-access dispose of by selling; "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money"; "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines" | ||
| close out terminate; "We closed out our account" | ||
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Wiktionary
- discard (Noun)
Anything discarded. - discard (Noun)
A discarded playing card in a card game . - discard (Verb)
To throw away , to reject. - discard (Verb)
To make a discard; to throw out a card.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- discard (v. t.)
To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards). - discard (v. t.)
To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away. - discard (v. t.)
To put or thrust away; to reject. - discard (v. i.)
To make a discard. - discard (n.)
The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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discard
dis-kärd, v.t. and v.i. to throw away, as not needed or not allowed by the game, said of cards: in whist, to throw down a (useless) card of another suit when one cannot follow suit and cannot or will not trump: to cast off: to discharge: to reject.—n. the act of discarding: the card or cards thrown out of the hand.—n. Discard′ment
