discard

[US]/dɪˈskɑːd/
[UK]/dɪˈskɑːrd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. get rid of; abandon; give up
vi. renounce
n. abandonment; something or someone that has been thrown away

Phrases & Collocations

into the discard

Example Sentences

the discards of society

We will discard the old books.

discard the dross and select the essential

We should discard old beliefs.

The discarded match was still alight.

the change of a name does not discard nationality.

Discard your pudency, fondle me audaciously.

The Jawas are a scavenger species.They comb the deserts of Tatooine in search of discarded scrap and wayward mechanicals.

There are strengths and weaknesses to every culture, and our job is to decern between them, make use of the good ones, and discard the bad.

The rest of the room contained only a broken quintain and a few other pieces of discarded jousting furniture.

In the “Light of Dante” series, the flowing hitsui discards the figurative pictures, consciously transforms into abstract symbols.

The Duke of Edinburgh also clearly enjoyed Miss Bruni's company, while even Gordon Brown discarded his otherwise Cromwellian temperament to welcome the French first lady with much accord.

This unit is a general separator equipment by screening destoner,dis-dust.It can be effective discard the smaller stone(Like wheat grain)and all kinds of impurities.

This year although the bumper crop, she does not discard a grain of grain, the microcheiria picks up the golden rice ear, in the dimple fills the wave which smiles.

In addition,the paper proposes decision judgement theorem,decision discernment theorem, decision surplusage discarding theorem and hole digging principle on decision factors universe X .

Real-world Examples

You draw a card, and then discard.

Source: American Horror Story Season 1

Divers removed 300 kilograms of discarded fishing nets.

Source: VOA Standard English_ Technology

Evidence shows paper bags are quickly discarded due to their tendency to tear.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Breakfast buffets are notorious, he said; most leftovers are discarded.

Source: National Geographic Anthology

Physics and biology once followed similar practices and advanced only when they discarded them.

Source: Past exam papers of the English reading section for the postgraduate entrance examination (English I).

But enzymes wear out, and membranes break down, and DNA gets oxidized. So, they get discarded.

Source: Crash Course Anatomy and Physiology

MCKENZIE (voice-over): What they discard, he recycles, earning about $150 a month.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

I discarded some. I put something in their place.

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

Discarded tyres, by contrast, are cheap and are likely to get cheaper.

Source: The Economist - Technology

D) It has been discarded in line with recent research.

Source: Past exam papers for the English CET-6 reading section.

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