discard

English

Etymology

Old French descarter (“to scatter”), for more usual escarter (French écarter), Vulgar Latin *exquartare (“to quarter out, to remove portions”). Although early associated with card play, it doesn't derive from card.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (RP): /dɪsˈkɑːd/, /dIs"kA:d/
  • (US): dĭskärdʹ, /dɪsˈkɑrd/, /dIs"kArd/
• (noun)
  • (RP): /ˈdɪskɑːd/, /"dIskA:d/
  • (US): dĭsʹkärd, /ˈdɪskɑrd/, /"dIskArd/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)d

Verb

discard (third-person singular simple present discards, present participle discarding, simple past and past participle discarded)

1. (transitive) to throw away, to reject

Synonyms

• dismiss
• throw away
• cast away
• dispose
• get rid of
• eliminate
• See also Wikisaurus:junk

Translations

to throw away, reject

Afrikaans: weggooi (af) Bulgarian: захвърлям (bg), изхвърлям (bg) Czech: odhodit (cs) Finnish: hylätä, heittää pois French: rejeter (fr) German: verwerfen (de) Japanese: 捨てる, 棄てる (すてる, suteru)

Korean: 버리다 (beorida) Polish: zrzucić (pl) Russian: выбрасывать (ru) Slovene: zavreči Sotho: lahla (st) Spanish: desechar (es), descartar (es) Telugu: నిరాకరించు (te) (nirakarimcu)

Noun

discard (plural discards)

1. Anything discarded.
2. A discarded playing card in a card game.

Translations

anything discarded

Bulgarian: захвърляне (bg) n., изоставяне (bg) n. Finnish: hylky, hylätty esine Japanese: 廃棄物 (はいきぶつ, haikibutsu)

Russian: отходы Telugu: వదిలిన (te) (vadilina)

discarded playing card

Bulgarian: изчистена карта (bg) f. Japanese: 捨て札(すてふだ, sutefuda)

Russian: сброшенная карта Telugu: పారవేసిన పేక ముక్క (te) (paravesina peka mukka)

External links

• discard in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• discard in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

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