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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Discard \Dis*card"\, v. i. (Card Playing) To make a discard. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Discard \Dis*card"\, n. (Card Playing) The act of discarding; also the card or cards discarded. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Discard \Dis*card"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discarded}; p. pr & vb n. {Discarding}.] 1. (Card Playing) To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards). 2. To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to discard them --Swift. 3. To put or thrust away to reject. A man discards the follies of boyhood. --I. Taylor. Syn: To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: discard n 1: to throw out a useless card or to fail to follow suit 2: getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable [syn: {discarding}, {throwing away}] v : throw or cast away "Put away your worries" [syn: {fling}, {toss}, {toss out}, {toss away}, {chuck out}, {cast aside}, {dispose}, {throw out}, {cast out}, {throw away}, {cast away}, {put away}]
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