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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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).
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to
        dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to
        discharge; to turn away.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They blame the favorites, and think it nothing
              extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to
              discard them.                         --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To put or thrust away; to reject.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A man discards the follies of boyhood. --I. Taylor.
  
     Syn: To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Discard \Dis*card"\, v. i. (Card Playing)
     To make a discard.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Discard \Dis*card"\, n. (Card Playing)
     The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.
     [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  discard
       n 1: anything that is cast aside or discarded
       2: (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or to failing
          to follow suit
       3: getting rid something that is regarded as useless or
          undesirable [syn: 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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  discard
     Αγγλικά vb.
     (μτβ) πετάω κάτι ως άχρηστο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  discard
     n.
     1 Anything discarded.
     2 A discarded playing card in a card game.
     3 (lb en programming) A temporary variable used to receive a value of
  no importance and unable to be read later.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To throw away, to reject.
     2 (lb en intransitive card games) To make a discard; to throw out a
  card.
     3 To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  discard
     n.
     1 Anything discarded.
     2 A discarded playing card in a card game.
     3 (lb en programming) A temporary variable used to receive a value of
  no importance and unable to be read later.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To throw away, to reject.
     2 (lb en intransitive card games) To make a discard; to throw out a
  card.
     3 To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  discard
     n.
     1 Anything discarded.
     2 A discarded playing card in a card game.
     3 (lb en programming) A temporary variable used to receive a value of
  no importance and unable to be read later.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To throw away, to reject.
     2 (lb en intransitive card games) To make a discard; to throw out a
  card.
     3 To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  discard
     n.
     1 Anything discarded.
     2 A discarded playing card in a card game.
     3 (lb en programming) A temporary variable used to receive a value of
  no importance and unable to be read later.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To throw away, to reject.
     2 (lb en intransitive card games) To make a discard; to throw out a
  card.
     3 To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  discard
     Englanti vb.
     hylätä, heittää pois

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  discard
     Engelska n.
     1 skräp
     2 utstött person
     3 (tagg kortspel språk=en) kastkort, kort som inte används i spelet
     Engelska vb.
     1 kasta bort; förkasta
     2 förkasta; ej vilja (mer) veta av
     3 avkasta (kasta av sig), separera av
     4 avlägga, lägga av (sluta, stoppa) med, upphöra med, kassera, skrota
     5 avdana (sönderdela och separera inrättad form), avsett sönderfall
  av inrättad form
     6 (tagg kortspel språk=en) saka

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Discard /dɪskˈɑːd/
  إنبذ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  discard //dɪsˈkɑɹd// //dɪsˈkɑːd// //ˈdɪskɑɹd// //ˈdɪskɑːd// 
  1. захвърляне, изоставяне
  anything discarded
  2. изчистена карта
  discarded playing card

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  discard //dɪsˈkɑɹd// //dɪsˈkɑːd// //ˈdɪskɑɹd// //ˈdɪskɑːd// 
  1. захвърлям, изхвърлям
  to throw away, reject
  2. чистя
  to throw out a playing card