discard

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ card.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA: /dɪsˈkɑː(ɹ)d/, X-SAMPA: /dIs"kA:d/
  • (US) IPA: /dɪsˈkɑrd/, X-SAMPA: /dIs"kArd/
• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA: /ˈdɪskɑː(ɹ)d/, X-SAMPA: /"dIskA:d/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈdɪskɑrd/, X-SAMPA: /"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
2. (intransitive, card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.

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) (zahvǎrljam), изхвърлям (bg) (izhvǎrljam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丟棄 (cmn), 丢弃 (cmn) (diūqì), 拋棄 (cmn), 抛弃 (cmn) (pāoqì)

• Czech: odhodit (cs)
• Finnish: hylätä, heittää pois
• French: rejeter (fr)
• German: verwerfen (de)
• Japanese: 捨てる (ja) (すてる, suteru), 棄てる (ja) (すてる, suteru)

• Korean: 버리다 (ko) (beorida)
• Polish: zrzucić (pl)
• Russian: отбрасывать (ru) (otbrásyvatʹ) impf., отбросить (ru) (otbrósitʹ) pf., выбрасывать (ru) (vybrásyvatʹ) impf., выбросить (ru) (výbrositʹ)
• 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) (zahvǎrljane) n, изоставяне (bg) (izostavjane) n
• Finnish: hylky, hylätty esine
• Japanese: 廃棄物 (ja) (はいきぶつ, haikibutsu)

• Russian: отходы (ru) (otxódy) m pl
• Telugu: వదిలిన (te) (vadilina)

discarded playing card

• Bulgarian: изчистена карта (bg) (izčistena karta) f
• Japanese: 捨て札 (ja) (すてふだ, sutefuda)

• Russian: сброшенная карта (ru) (sbróšennaja kárta) f
• 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

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