discard
Other forms: discarded; discarding; discards
When you discard something, you get rid of it. If your closet is overflowing with clothes you haven't worn since 1992, why not discard some of them?
When the verb discard first entered the English language in the sixteenth century, it referred to card playing and meant “to throw a card away.” Discard is still used to describe getting rid of unlucky cards, but today, you’ll also hear it used in a broader sense — we discard, or throw away, things that are undesirable or no longer useful. You might discard a worn out shoe, for example.
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anything that is cast aside or discarded
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getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirablesynonyms: throwing awaytypes:staginggetting rid of a stage of a multistage rockettype of:abandonmentthe voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
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(cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suittype of:abandonmentthe voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
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throw or cast awaysynonyms: cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss outtypes:unlearndiscard something previously learnt, like an old habitjettisonthrow away, of something encumberingwasteget rid ofdumpthrow away as refuseretiredispose of (something no longer useful or needed)abandonforsake; leave behindde-accessdispose of by sellingclose outterminate by selling off or disposing ofdispense withforgo or do or go withoutforego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waivelose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crimeconsigncommit forever; commit irrevocablytype of:
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