discard
About 2.77 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To throw away, to reject.
- verb To make a discard; to throw out a card.
- verb To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
- noun Anything discarded.
- noun One or more discarded playing cards in a card game.
- noun The act of discarding.
- noun A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.
Similar words
cast aside toss out throw away cast away chuck out throw out cast out dispose toss put away
Often followed by
the it all them any their a his this
Word family
discardable discarded discarder discarders discarding discards
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