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# discard

«discard» in Mova's school dictionary: **to throw it away or get rid of it because you do not want…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (discard, discards, discarded, discarding); noun (a discard, discards)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To discard something is to throw it away or get rid of it because you do not want or need it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discard/#m1)

2) In card games, to put down a card you do not want. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discard/#m2)

3) As a noun: a card or thing that has been thrown away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discard/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in instructions («discard the seeds»), card games, recycling and safety (discard broken glass carefully). In maths and data: «discard the outlier». It tells the reader something is removed and no longer counts.

### examples

- Discard the apple cores in the compost bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discard/#x1)
- Peel the orange and discard the skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discard/#x2)
- In this game you discard one card each turn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discard/#x3)
- Please discard used tissues in the bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discard/#x4)
- The scientist discarded the broken test tube. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discard/#x5)
- Discard any eggs that are cracked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discard/#x6)
- Old toys were discarded by the side of the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discard/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: discarded. A bit formal; everyday words are «throw away», «chuck out» (informal), «bin» (UK informal). In maths, discarding items means subtracting them: a bag of 20 apples with 3 discarded leaves 17.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «discard» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discard/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.