dis|card

dis|card
dis|card «verb. dihs KAHRD; noun. DIHS kahrd», verb, noun.
–v.t.
1. to give up as useless or worn out; throw aside: »

You can discard clothes, ways of doing things, or beliefs. Father repaired the toy that I had discarded.

SYNONYM(S): reject.
2. a) to get rid of (playing cards not wanted) by throwing them aside or playing them. b) to play (a card that is not a trump and not of the suit led).
–v.i.
to throw out an unwanted card.
–n.
1. the act of throwing aside as useless or not wanted: »

the deliberate discard of superstition comes with learning.

SYNONYM(S): rejection.
2. a thing or things thrown aside as useless or not wanted: »

Although she needed clothes, she was too proud to take my discards.

3. the cards thrown aside or played as not wanted.
[< dis-2 + card1]
dis|card´er, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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