Discard

Word DISCARD
Character 7
Hyphenation dis card
Pronunciations /ˈdɪskɑːd/

Definitions and meanings of "Discard"

What do we mean by discard?

To throw away; reject. intransitive verb

To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand. intransitive verb

To play (a card other than a trump) from a suit different from that of the card led. intransitive verb

To discard a playing card. intransitive verb

The act of discarding in a card game. noun

A discarded playing card. noun

One that is discarded or rejected. noun

In card playing: In some games, to throw aside or reject from the hand, as a card dealt to the player which by the laws of the game is not needed or can be exchanged.

In other games, as whist, to throw away on a trick, as a card (not a trump) of a different suit from that led, when one cannot follow suit and cannot or does not wish to trump

To dismiss, as from service or employment; cast off.

To thrust away; reject: as, to discard prejudices.

Synonyms To turn away, discharge.

In card-playing, to throw cards out of the hand. See I.

In card-playing: The act of throwing out of the hand such cards as are unnecessary in the game, or of playing, as in whist, a card not a trump of a different suit from that led. noun

The card or cards thrown out of the hand. noun

Hence One who or that which is cast out or rejected. noun

In poker, the pile of cards made up by the hands which are abandoned without being bet upon, and the cards which have been laid off so as to get others in exchange for them. noun

To make a discard. intransitive verb

Anything discarded.

A discarded playing card in a card game.

A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.

To cancel a acive task or deny to complete it Urban Dictionary

Noun. a person who is not worthy of performing a function or fulfilling a role. Urban Dictionary

When a dealer picks up a discarded card and plays it himself or deals it to his partner if his partner signals for it. It works quite well in a game where players are drinking because rarely do they notice the card re-enter play in the same hand. It is often used in stud and draw games, not so much in "flop" games like Texas Hold'em because the dealer doesn't have a chance to pass that card to his partner. Urban Dictionary

Someone who discards life supports Urban Dictionary

A bypass for discord on ROBLOX beacuse for some fucking reason they filter it Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Discard

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The word "discard" in example sentences

Right now, what we discard is an inherent part of what we consume. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The first reaction, which we should discard, is here comes 'X-Men 4. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Australian Aborigines are known to discard a kangaroo carcass if the animal does not have sufficient fat to make it worth slaughtering. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The so-called "discard" is thrown back, dead, into the sea. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Linux block layer component of this is called a discard request, which results from a higher-level file system file deletion. ❋ M. Tim Jones (2009)

Included in the discard was the apostrophe in Martha's Vineyard. ❋ Unknown (1975)

But look at the barcode -- sometimes the only "discard" processing libraries do it to put a line through the barcode. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We don't "discard" anything, of course, because metaphysics is not a trash can. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The #1 reason for wiki wars is that students do not click "discard" when opening a page. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He would rate a third cheer, except that he also announces that he will "discard" the previous concepts of hard and soft power because they are not alternatives but must be linked. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The minister, writes Booker, will be shown a recent study which concludes that, if Defra enforces its new law, British fishermen will have to "discard" ie chuck back dead up to 45 percent of the bass they catch, whereas French vessels will catch many more fish and be free to keep almost all of them. ❋ Richard (2007)

It is totally fine to be bombing, sending young Americans to war, and killing people on death row - but for a man or woman to "discard" an embryo - that perhaps would never have survived in the uterus - is murder. ❋ GreenFertility (2006)

Any samples marked "discard," the library pulled and dumped in a special bin. ❋ Unknown (2005)

"Edison's scrap-heap contains the elements of a liberal education," and this was essentially true of the "discard" during the ore-milling experience. ❋ Frank Lewis Dyer (1905)

The second problem that was reported as 182026 was that the "discard" feature of the cache seemed to cause crashes for a lot of people. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Why must one "discard" what seems to be a well progressing starter? ❋ Carlos (2010)

i was [composing] a [mail] but i [changed my mind] and discard it ❋ Syed Abid Jamal (2007)

I met this bitch at a party [last year]. I saw her again at the mall yesterday, she looks [pretty hot]. Not so hot I would [fuck her], but at least she's not a total discard like before. ❋ Ravinbrand (2006)

The character [Worm] was said to have learned this technique "discard culls" in [the film] [Rounders] whilst he was in prison ❋ Bonaventure Canute (2010)

Boy1:[Hey]! Girl1: Hey [life support discarder]! Boy1: We're [breaking up].. ❋ (2021)

"duyd and me [omn] discard" "[bro], what ## you [trying to] say" "#############" ❋ AsSbeater4206 (2021)

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