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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
dihs
kard
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| inflections: |
discards, discarding, discarded |
| definition 1: |
to throw out or away; cast off.
We discarded some old clothing.- synonyms:
- chuck, dispose of
- antonyms:
- adopt, keep
- similar words:
- banish, deep-six, eliminate, fling, jettison, junk, reject, scrap, shed, slough, throw away
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| definition 2: |
in card games, to throw out (a card) from one's hand, or play (a card in a different suit from the one led, and not a trump).
- antonyms:
- keep
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| related words: |
dismiss, dispose of, dump, relinquish, scuttle |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
dIs
kard
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| definition: |
to throw out cards from one's hand in a card game.
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
dIs
kard
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| definition 1: |
the act of throwing something out or away, or of casting off, as a card in a card game.
- similar words:
- disposal, rejection
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| definition 2: |
a person or thing cast off.
- synonyms:
- castoff, outcast, rejection
- antonyms:
- accession
- similar words:
- reject, seconds
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| related words: |
altercation, cull, derelict |
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| derivation: |
discardable (adj.) |
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