discard

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 External links 1.6 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Verb

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

1. (transitive) to throw away, to reject

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

discard (plural discards)

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

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[edit] External links

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

[edit] Anagrams

• ID cards