English > discard: 4 senses > verb 1, possession| Meaning | throw or cast away. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Synonyms | fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away |
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| Narrower | abandon | forsake, leave behind |
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| close out | terminate by selling off or disposing of |
| de-access | dispose of by selling |
| deep-six, give it the deep six | toss out |
| dump | throw away as refuse |
| jettison | throw away, of something encumbering |
| retire | dispose of (something no longer useful or needed) |
| sell out, sell up, liquidize | Get rid of all one's merchandise |
| trash, junk, scrap | dispose of (something useless or old) |
| unlearn | discard something previously learnt, like an old habit |
| waste | Get rid of |
| Broader | get rid of, remove | dispose of |
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| Spanish | arrojar, botar, descartar, desechar, deshacerse, echar, expulsar, naufragar, olvidar, tirar |
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| Catalan | apartar, descartar, expel·lir, expulsar, gitar, llençar |
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| Nouns | discard | getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable |
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| discard | anything that is cast aside or discarded |
