Category:Discard

Dis*card", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Discarding.]

1. (Card Playing)

Defn: 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.

discard Dis*card", v. i. (Card Playing)

Defn: To make a discard.

discard Dis*card", n. (Card Playing)

Defn: The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.