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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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adverb + (v.)discard
aside, carelessly, easily, lengthwise, meanwhile, off, otherwise
(v.)discard
+ adverb
altogether, but, coarsely, entirely
(v.)discard
+ noun
asparagus,
bag,
bay,
bone,
chop,
cinnamon,
clothing,
clove,
cobs,
container,
core,
corn,
crust,
debris,
dripping,
end,
fat,
foil,
fruit,
garlic,
grass,
habit,
husk,
hypothesis,
juice,
kernel,
layer,
leaf,
lemon,
liquid,
marinade,
meat,
membrane,
mushroom,
notion,
onion,
peel,
pepper,
pit,
plastic,
portion,
pulp,
rib,
rind,
root,
rosemary,
scrap,
seed,
sheet,
shell,
shoe,
silk,
slice,
solid,
spice,
sprig,
squash,
stalk,
stem,
stick,
tablespoon,
tea,
thyme,
tomato,
top,
trash,
turkey,
vegetable,
waste,
wrap
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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 |
adjective + (n.)discard
other
verb + (n.)discard
cut, remove
noun + (n.)discard
pile, ratio, skin, use
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| derivation: |
discardable (adj.) |
The word discard
contains the following part:
dis-
Latin
prefix
that means not; apart; reverse, negate
  More about this word part:
The prefix dis-
occurs in English attached to Latin roots, as in dissent
, but also forms words in English by attaching to verbs ( dishearten
) and nouns ( disbelief
). dis-
has two other forms, as the "s" sound in dis-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms dif- and di-3.
Example words:
disable, disadvantage, disaffect, disagree, disagreeable, disallow, disappear, disappearance, disappoint, disapproval, disapprove, disarm, disarray, disbelief, discard, discolor, discomfort, disconnect, discord, discourteous, disdain, disengage, disgrace, disgust, dishearten, dishonest, disingenuous, disintegrate, disjoin, dislike, dislodge, dismantle, dismissal, disobey, disorder, disorient, disown, disparity, dispense, displace, display, displease, displeasure, disposable, disposal, disprove, disqualify, disregard, disrupt, dissatisfy, dissect, dissent, dissolution, dissolve, dissonant, dissuade, distort, distrust, disturb
- synonyms:
- de-, un-
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