discard

Verb

Plain form discard

Third-person singular discards

Past tense discarded

Past participle discarded

Present participle discarding

1. When you discard something, you throw away, to get rid of something.
   • Synonyms: toss, trash
   • Antonym: keep

   Will you please discard those old love letters?

   Tom discards everyone's old love letters.

   Tom discarded Jerry's old love letters yesterday.

   Have you discarded my old love letters yet?

   Tom is discarding your old love letters at this moment.

Noun

Singular discard

Plural discards

1. Something that is thrown away.

   That tattered old song sheet is a discard.

   Those tattered song sheet discards are worthless.