discard

Plural: discards

Noun

• anything that is cast aside or discarded
• (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit
• getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable
• Anything discarded.
• A discarded playing card in a card game.
• A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.

Verb

Verb Forms: discarded, discarding, discards

• To throw away or get rid of something as no longer useful.
• throw or cast away
• To throw away, to reject.
• To make a discard; to throw out a card.
• To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.

Examples

• Sometimes, to get better letters in Words With Friends, you must discard a good tile.

Synonyms

cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, throwing away, toss, toss away, toss out, 86, axe, bin, can, chuck, chuck away, decruit, dehire, discard, discharge, dismiss, dispose of, ditch, downsize, dump, eliminate, fire, get rid of, give someone the boot, give someone the heave-ho, give someone the old heave-ho, give someone their cards, give the axe, give the chop, give the elbow, jettison, junk, lay off, let go, let someone go, make redundant, pink slip, pitch, promote to customer, retrench, sack, scrap, serve notice, shift, shit-can, term, terminate, throw aside, throw down, trash, unhire

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