Discard
verb
To throw away or get rid of something because you do not want or need it anymore.
She discarded the wrapper after eating the candy.
Often appears as...
- discard an idea
- discard waste
verb
In card games, to remove a card from your hand and put it face up on the table.
During his turn, he decided to discard a queen.
Often appears as...
- discard a card
- discard pile
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To throw away or get rid of something because you do not want or need it anymore.
She discarded the wrapper after eating the candy.
Often appears as...
- discard an idea
- discard waste
verb
In card games, to remove a card from your hand and put it face up on the table.
During his turn, he decided to discard a queen.
Often appears as...
- discard a card
- discard pile
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Not always trash
Discarding isn't limited to rubbish; it applies to anything unnecessary or unwanted.
He discarded his old phone after getting a new one.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional weight
Discarding can carry an emotional impact when it relates to personal items.
She discarded her old letters, feeling a weight lift off her shoulders.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative sense
It can be used figuratively to describe rejecting ideas or plans.
The committee discarded our proposal in favor of a more traditional approach.
Pro Tip 1/3Not always trash
Discarding isn't limited to rubbish; it applies to anything unnecessary or unwanted.
He discarded his old phone after getting a new one.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional weight
Discarding can carry an emotional impact when it relates to personal items.
She discarded her old letters, feeling a weight lift off her shoulders.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative sense
It can be used figuratively to describe rejecting ideas or plans.
The committee discarded our proposal in favor of a more traditional approach.
Pro Tip 1/3Not always trash
Discarding isn't limited to rubbish; it applies to anything unnecessary or unwanted.
He discarded his old phone after getting a new one.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional weight
Discarding can carry an emotional impact when it relates to personal items.
She discarded her old letters, feeling a weight lift off her shoulders.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative sense
It can be used figuratively to describe rejecting ideas or plans.
The committee discarded our proposal in favor of a more traditional approach.
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Nathalie Cabrol: How...
And those microbes, the rocks you see in that slide here, well, they are actually living inside rocks and they are using the protection of the translucence of the rocks to get the good part of the U.V. and discard the part that could actually damage their DNA. And this is why we are taking our rover
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What fear can teach us PIPE...
but we all know what it's like to be afraid. We know how fear feels, but I'm not sure we spend enough time thinking about what our fears mean. As we grow up, we're often encouraged to think of fear as a weakness, just another childish thing to discard like baby teeth or roller skates.
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Why do your jeans wear...
This energy intensive process breaks down the plastics woven into each pair, releasing microplastics into the water and, perhaps most ironic of all, shortening the jean’s lifespan. Like most waste, discarded jeans end up in landfills, where their decomposition releases methane gas,
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Mike Biddle: We can...
that we don't necessarily leave these toddler rules behind as we develop into adults. And let me tell you why I have that perspective. Because each and every day at our recycling plants around the world we handle about one million pounds of people's discarded stuff.
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Sylvia Earle: How to...
and other trash into the sea. Millions of tons of discarded fishing nets, gear that continues to kill. We're clogging the ocean, poisoning the planet's circulatory system, and we're taking out hundreds of millions of tons of wildlife, all carbon-based units.
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How we can turn the tide...
we have been on a consumer extract-and-consume mentality. They way we go about our life and the way that businesses are created is extract, use, discard, extract, use, discard. That's a simplification, but honestly, it's about as simple as that.
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Africa’s youth culture PIPE...
so I'm discarding general knowledge what about me but what about what about our relationship just a thing and say Melissa said less is it so yes sometimes we didn't Mikasa okay we have I paella
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The most colorful...
Which raises the in the next 100 million years, silica-rich water will percolate through the nooks and crannies of some of the discarded artifacts of human civilization.
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Eating Poison Fish PIPE...
this is my fugue license after world war ii fugu fatality skyrocketed starving japanese would comb restaurant trash bins they'd salvage discarded fugu grill the
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Ten breathtaking moments...
octopus has a unique solution to this problem a discarded coconut shell could provide some protection from its stalker
Video examples
Nathalie Cabrol: How...
And those microbes, the rocks you see in that slide here, well, they are actually living inside rocks and they are using the protection of the translucence of the rocks to get the good part of the U.V. and discard the part that could actually damage their DNA. And this is why we are taking our rover
Video examples
What fear can teach us PIPE...
but we all know what it's like to be afraid. We know how fear feels, but I'm not sure we spend enough time thinking about what our fears mean. As we grow up, we're often encouraged to think of fear as a weakness, just another childish thing to discard like baby teeth or roller skates.
Video examples
Why do your jeans wear...
This energy intensive process breaks down the plastics woven into each pair, releasing microplastics into the water and, perhaps most ironic of all, shortening the jean’s lifespan. Like most waste, discarded jeans end up in landfills, where their decomposition releases methane gas,
Video examples
Mike Biddle: We can...
that we don't necessarily leave these toddler rules behind as we develop into adults. And let me tell you why I have that perspective. Because each and every day at our recycling plants around the world we handle about one million pounds of people's discarded stuff.
Video examples
Sylvia Earle: How to...
and other trash into the sea. Millions of tons of discarded fishing nets, gear that continues to kill. We're clogging the ocean, poisoning the planet's circulatory system, and we're taking out hundreds of millions of tons of wildlife, all carbon-based units.
Video examples
How we can turn the tide...
we have been on a consumer extract-and-consume mentality. They way we go about our life and the way that businesses are created is extract, use, discard, extract, use, discard. That's a simplification, but honestly, it's about as simple as that.
Video examples
Africa’s youth culture PIPE...
so I'm discarding general knowledge what about me but what about what about our relationship just a thing and say Melissa said less is it so yes sometimes we didn't Mikasa okay we have I paella
Video examples
The most colorful...
Which raises the in the next 100 million years, silica-rich water will percolate through the nooks and crannies of some of the discarded artifacts of human civilization.
Video examples
Eating Poison Fish PIPE...
this is my fugue license after world war ii fugu fatality skyrocketed starving japanese would comb restaurant trash bins they'd salvage discarded fugu grill the
Video examples
Ten breathtaking moments...
octopus has a unique solution to this problem a discarded coconut shell could provide some protection from its stalker
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Brandon Boyd
American Musician
There are five known gyres spinning around in our world's oceans. A gyre is a slowly moving spiral of currents created by a high pressure system of air currents. A spinning soup, so to speak, is made of what exists in the water. And in this case, the gyres are spinning with millions of tons of our discarded and forgotten about plastic waste!
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.
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Per Mertesacker
German Coach
Obviously, everyone looks at whether we bring young footballers into the first team, that's one of the goals. But I wouldn't discard someone who is successful in life, that's big. The hall of fame in the academy should be a wide variety of stories.
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Naval Ravikant
Businessman
I think it just helps to be very aware that fundamentally, there are no adults. Everyone is making it up as they go along. You have to find your own path, picking, choosing, taking and discarding as you see fit.
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Elizabeth Debicki
Australian Actress
There is something about a theatre room that is really like a laboratory for trying things and failing, because you have time to do that, and you can explore something deeply and discard it if it's not working.
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Trent Lott
American Politician
A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement.
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Eugenio Montale
Italian Poet
Art is the production of objects for consumption, to be used and discarded while waiting for a new world in which man will have succeeded in freeing himself of everything, even of his own consciousness.
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Marie Kondo
Japanese Businesswoman
Keep only those things that speak to your heart. Then take the plunge and discard all the rest. By doing this, you can reset your life and embark on a new lifestyle.
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Cher Wang
Taiwanese Businesswoman
Within HTC, hundreds of ideas are tested and discarded to find those rare ideas that define the HTC user experience.
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Timothy Noah
American Journalist
Deciding which ideas to save and which ideas to discard is one of society's most important tasks.
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Brandon Boyd
American Musician
There are five known gyres spinning around in our world's oceans. A gyre is a slowly moving spiral of currents created by a high pressure system of air currents. A spinning soup, so to speak, is made of what exists in the water. And in this case, the gyres are spinning with millions of tons of our discarded and forgotten about plastic waste!
Quote examples
Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.
Quote examples
Per Mertesacker
German Coach
Obviously, everyone looks at whether we bring young footballers into the first team, that's one of the goals. But I wouldn't discard someone who is successful in life, that's big. The hall of fame in the academy should be a wide variety of stories.
Quote examples
Naval Ravikant
Businessman
I think it just helps to be very aware that fundamentally, there are no adults. Everyone is making it up as they go along. You have to find your own path, picking, choosing, taking and discarding as you see fit.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Debicki
Australian Actress
There is something about a theatre room that is really like a laboratory for trying things and failing, because you have time to do that, and you can explore something deeply and discard it if it's not working.
Quote examples
Trent Lott
American Politician
A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement.
Quote examples
Eugenio Montale
Italian Poet
Art is the production of objects for consumption, to be used and discarded while waiting for a new world in which man will have succeeded in freeing himself of everything, even of his own consciousness.
Quote examples
Marie Kondo
Japanese Businesswoman
Keep only those things that speak to your heart. Then take the plunge and discard all the rest. By doing this, you can reset your life and embark on a new lifestyle.
Quote examples
Cher Wang
Taiwanese Businesswoman
Within HTC, hundreds of ideas are tested and discarded to find those rare ideas that define the HTC user experience.
Quote examples
Timothy Noah
American Journalist
Deciding which ideas to save and which ideas to discard is one of society's most important tasks.
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