discard

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dis·card [discard discards discarded discarding] verb, noun
verb BrE [dɪsˈkɑːd] ; NAmE [dɪsˈkɑːrd]
1. transitive (formal)to get rid of sth that you no longer want or need
•~ sb/sth The room was littered with discarded newspapers.
•He had discarded his jacket because of the heat.
• (figurative)She could now discard all thought of promotion.
•~ sb/sth as sth 10% of the data was discarded as unreliable
2. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) (in card games)to get rid of a card that you do not want
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘reject (a playing card)’): from ↑dis- (expressing removal) + the noun ↑card.

Example Bank:
•Older managers have been discarded in favour of younger people.
•Rose quickly discarded the idea.
•These ideas have now been completely discarded.
•the parts of the animal that people may simply discard as inedible
•Most of the data was discarded as unreliable.
•The floor was littered with discarded newspapers.

 
noun BrE [ˈdɪskɑːd] ; NAmE [dɪskɑːrd]
a person or thing that is not wanted or thrown away, especially a card in a card game

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘reject (a playing card)’): from ↑dis- (expressing removal) + the noun ↑card.