DISCARDED

discarded, cast-off(a), throwaway, thrown-away

(adjective) thrown away; “wearing someone’s cast-off clothes”; “throwaway children living on the streets”; “salvaged some thrown-away furniture”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

discarded

simple past tense and past participle of discard

Source: Wiktionary


DISCARD

Dis*card", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Discarding.]

1. (Card Playing)

Definition: 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.

Dis*card", v. i. (Card Playing)

Definition: To make a discard.

Dis*card", n. (Card Playing)

Definition: The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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