DISCARD
Dictionary entry overview: What does discard mean?
• DISCARD (noun)
The noun DISCARD has 3 senses:
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
Familiarity information: DISCARD used as a noun is uncommon.
• DISCARD (verb)
The verb DISCARD has 1 sense:
1. throw or cast away
Familiarity information: DISCARD used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DISCARD (noun)
Meaning:
Anything that is cast aside or discarded
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("discard" is a kind of...):
object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
Meaning:
(cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or to failing to follow suit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("discard" is a kind of...):
abandonment (the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away)
Domain category:
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Holonyms ("discard" is a part of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Meaning:
Getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
throwing away; discard
Hypernyms ("discard" is a kind of...):
abandonment (the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "discard"):
staging (getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket)
• DISCARD (verb)
Meaning:
Throw or cast away
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
toss away; throw away; discard; chuck out; cast away; cast aside; toss out; cast out; dispose; put away; throw out; fling; toss
Context example:
Put away your worries
Hypernyms (to "discard" is one way to...):
get rid of; remove (dispose of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "discard"):
de-access (dispose of by selling)
liquidize; sell out; sell up (get rid of all one's merchandise)
abandon (forsake, leave behind)
pension off; retire (dispose of; as of old clothes)
dump (throw away as refuse)
waste (get rid of)
junk; scrap; trash (dispose of (something useless or old))
jettison (throw away, of something encumbering)
deep-six; give it the deep six (toss out; get rid of)
unlearn (discard something previously learnt, like an old habit)
close out (terminate by selling off or disposing of)
Sentence frame:
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