Discard
Pronunciation : Dis*card"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Discarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Discarding.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Dis*card"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make a discard.
i. (Card Playing)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Dis*card"
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.
(Card Playing)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913