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discard English

Meaning discard meaning

What does discard mean?
Definitions in simple English

discard Verb

— When you discard something, you throw away, to get rid of something. Will you please discard those old love letters? Tom discards everyone's old love letters. Tom discarded Jerry's old love letters yesterday. Have you discarded my old love letters yet? Tom is discarding your old love letters at this moment. — If you discard a playing card, you take the playing card out of your hand.

discard Noun

— Something that is thrown away. That tattered old song sheet is a discard. Those tattered song sheet discards are worthless.

discard

— verb (= cast away, put away) throw or cast away Put away your worries — noun getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable — noun (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit — noun anything that is cast aside or discarded

Synonyms discard synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as discard?

discard English » English

throw away reject abandon throw toss get rid of cast away dismiss throw out desert cast aside leave forsake dispose cashier dump cast off terminate shed refuse lose give up renounce relinquish jettison fling cast abrogate toss out toss away shun scrap remove put away junk ditch disavow disallow chuck abort withhold vomit turn down trash throwing away take off spurn slough sack resend

Topics discard topics

What do people use discard to talk about?
Physical actions Have, be with Keep something

Throw away
States Quality Good Decay

Garbage

Conjugation discard conjugation

How do you conjugate discard?

discard · verb

Examples discard examples

How do I use discard in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The statue is already present in the stone. You just need to carve away the parts you want to discard.

Movie subtitles

And if the jury believe that any witness has willfully sworn falsely. to any material fact, thejury is at liberty to discard. and disregard the testimony of such witness.
He was trying to discard you.
Still, you were proposing to discard Mrs Holland.
Discard two.
I discard one.
Discard three.
Discard one.
You really wanna discard that?
What do you say we discard our weapons and join them as refugees?
We'd have to discard them somewhere.
Even when they choose to discard one of their kings?
Use and discard.
But do we discard my theory because it upsets your scheme of things? Or do we go on looking for the truth?
If it is effective, we will discard these machines and go out and destroy the Thals.
He was trying to discard you. Yes.
Still, you were proposing to discard Mrs Holland. No.
Why not discard our weapons and join them as refugees?
Let's discard the various number systems and concentrate on the face cards.
But do we discard my theory because it upsets your scheme of things?
Discard the warp drive and get that ship out of there.
Why is it every time I discard an eight, you always take it?
Your discard.
Discard. There it is.
It is hard to discard centuries of tradition.
Yes, I was aware of it. But how can you discard a friendship from day to day because of some.
Discard the warp-drive nacelles if you have to, and crack out with the main section, but get that ship out of there!
So, we must use their force and their might and then discard them.
I would be unwise to discard your project as uninteresting, as you're telling me the passengers will find their own subsistence.

News and current affairs

The weaker the civilian leadership has become, the more China has been inclined to discard Deng Xiaoping's dictum tao guang yang hui (hide brightness, nourish obscurity).
For, where access to natural resources is concerned, China is more than willing to discard its non-interference doctrine.
The trick is not to discard the water and the sugar, but to get the proportions right.
Notwithstanding its bitter conflict with Israel, Turkey, unlike Iran, is not an unconditional enemy of the Jewish state, and would not discard an accommodation with Binyamin Netanyahu's government.

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