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I. verb
Date: circa 1586
transitive verb
1. to get rid of especially as useless or unwanted <a pile of discarded tires> 2. a. to remove (a playing card) from one's hand b. to play (any card except a trump) from a suit different from the one led intransitive verb to discard a playing card • discardable adjective • discarder noun Synonyms: discard, cast, shed, slough, scrap, junk mean to get rid of. discard implies the letting go or throwing away of something that has become useless or superfluous though often not intrinsically valueless <discard old clothes>. cast especially when used with off, away, or out, implies a forceful rejection or repudiation <cast off her friends>. shed and slough imply a throwing off of something both useless and encumbering and often suggest a consequent renewal of vitality or luster <shed a bad habit> <finally sloughed off the depression>. scrap and junk imply throwing away or breaking up as worthless in existent form <scrap all the old ways> <would junk our educational system>. II. noun Date: 1744 1. a. the act of discarding in a card game b. a card discarded 2. one that is cast off or rejected
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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