discard
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discard
- /dɪsˈkɑːd/ UK
- /dɪˈskɑːd/ UK
- /dɪsˈkɑɹd/ US
- /dɪˈskɑɹd/ US
- /ˈdɪskɑːd/ UK
- /ˈdɪskɑɹd/ US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d
Where it comes from
From dis- + card. Compare Spanish descartar.
verb discards · discarding · discarded
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To throw away, to reject.
A man discards the follies of boyhood.
Similar: cast aside, cast away, dismiss, jettison, dispose of, eliminate, get rid of, throw aside, throw away, throw down, junk, 86
- To make a discard; to throw out a card.
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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.
Similar: fire, let go, sack, axe, can, decruit, dehire, discard, remove, discharge, dismiss, downsize
noun discards
- Anything discarded.
- 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."
- 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.
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cast aside, toss out, throw away, cast away, chuck out, throw out, cast out, dispose, toss, put away, fling, throwing away, toss away, dispel, remove, dismiss
Translations
Every language
verb to throw out a playing card
| Français | défausser |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | abwerfen, ablegen |
| Italiano | scartare |
| Ελληνικά | πετώ petó |
verb to throw away, reject
| Español | desechar, descartar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 버리다 beorida |
| 日本語 | 捨てる suteru, 棄てる suteru |
| 中文 | 丟棄 /丢弃 diūqì, 拋棄 /抛弃 pāoqì |
| Português | descartar |
| Français | rejeter, écarter |
| Deutsch | verwerfen |
| Ελληνικά | απορρίπτω aporrípto, παραμερίζω paramerízo, ανατινάζω anatinázo |
| Română | arunca |
| Русский | отбра́сывать otbrásyvatʹ, отбро́сить otbrósitʹ, выбра́сывать vybrásyvatʹ, вы́бросить výbrositʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | vứt, loại bỏ |
noun discarded playing card
| 日本語 | 捨て札 sutefuda |
|---|---|
| Русский | сбро́шенная ка́рта sbróšennaja kárta |
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title = {discard},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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