3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: discarded adj 1: thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture" [syn: {cast-off(a)}, {throwaway(a)}, {thrown-away(a)}] 2: disposed of as useless; "waste paper" [syn: {cast-off(a)}, {junked}, {scrap(a)}, {waste}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 52 Moby Thesaurus words for "discarded": abandoned, belied, cast-off, castaway, confounded, confuted, contemned, declined, declined with thanks, deflated, denied, derelict, deserted, despised, disapproved, discounted, discredited, disdained, dismissed, disowned, disproved, disputed, disused, excepted, excluded, exploded, exposed, forsaken, forsworn, ignored, impugned, invalidated, jettisoned, left, marooned, negated, negatived, not considered, overthrown, overturned, punctured, rebuffed, refused, refuted, rejected, renounced, repudiated, repulsed, scouted, shown up, spurned, upset
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