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View usage for: (dɪskɑːʳd) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense discards, present participle discarding, past tense, past participle discardedverbIf you discard something, you get rid of it because you no longer want it or need it. Read the manufacturer's guidelines before discarding the box. [VERB noun] ...discarded cigarette butts. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: get rid of, drop, remove, throw away or out More Synonyms of discard discard in British Englishverb (dɪsˈkɑːd)1. (transitive) to get rid of as useless or undesirable 2. cards to throw out (a card or cards) from one's hand 3. cards to play (a card not of the suit led nor a trump) when unable to follow suit noun (ˈdɪskɑːd)4. a person or thing that has been cast aside 5. cards a discarded card Derived forms discarder (disˈcarder) noun discard in American English (dɪsˈkɑrd; for n. ˈdɪsˌkɑrd) verb transitive1. Cardsa. to remove (a card or cards) from one's hand b. to play (a card not a trump and not in the suit led) when holding no cards in the suit led 2. to throw away, abandon, or get rid of as no longer valuable or useful verb intransitive3. Cards to make a discard noun4. a discarding or being discarded 6. Cards the card or cards discarded Word origin OFr descarter, prob. < des- + carte: see di- 1 & card 1Examples of 'discard' in a sentencediscard East also discards down to one club to keep his master heart.East had to ruff or declarer would discard his last heart.There is a good case for declarer to discard?Declarer won in hand and cashed the remaining top hearts discarding clubs from dummy.Gently flake the flesh and discard the skin, being sure to keep the flakes quite large.This proved precisely the case when at trick six, declarer led a low club to his ace and saw East discard.West chose to discard a heart and the way was clear.Scrub the mussels well and discard any open ones.Remove the core in a pointed plug shape and discard the skin.Declarer has no convenient discard from hand.He has switched to a belly putter in one round and discarded it the next.Remove the chicken from the stock and discard the skin.The fork relied upon declarer having a club winner to discard a heart from dummy if you ducked the heart.West could only discard, so declarer ruffed in dummy then led the king of clubs.The other declarer did better, delaying the discard from hand on the second heart.This prematurely squeezes dummy, and only by discarding a high heart can declarer still survive.What two discards should East find?Win the opening lead and ruff a heart high, West discarding a club.It was not to be, East discarding.This was covered by king and ace, West discarding.He then crossed to the ace of hearts and ruffed a club, East discarding.No good - West discarded on the third. In other languagesdiscard British English: discard VERB If you discard something, you get rid of it because you no longer want it or need it. Read the manufacturer's guidelines before discarding the box. - American English: discard
- Brazilian Portuguese: descartar
- Chinese: 丢弃
- European Spanish: desechar
- French: jeter
- German: ausrangieren
- Italian: buttare via
- Japanese: 捨てる
- Korean: 버리다
- European Portuguese: descartar
- Latin American Spanish: desechar
Chinese translation of 'discard' vt - [unwanted object]
丢(丟)弃(棄) (diūqì) - [idea, plan, system]
抛(拋)弃(棄) (pāoqì)
Definition to get rid of (something or someone) as useless or undesirable Read the instructions before discarding the box. Synonyms get rid of remove throw away or out shed dispose of dispense with cast aside Opposites keep , save , reserve , retain , hold back , hang or hold on to Additional synonymsThey were persuaded to abandon their lawsuit. Synonyms give up, resign from, yield, surrender, relinquish, renounce, waive, cede, forgo, abdicateDefinition to dismiss (employees), restrict (expenditure), or terminate (a project) Community projects are being axed by the government. Synonyms abandon, end, pull, eliminate, cancel, scrap, wind up, turn off (informal), relegate, cut back, terminate, dispense with, discontinue, pull the plug on I chucked a whole lot of old magazines and papers.Don't just chuck your bottles away – recycle them. Synonyms throw out, dump (informal), scrap, get rid of, bin (informal), ditch (slang), junk (informal), discard, dispose of, dispense with, jettison |