discard

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To throw away, to reject.

   • A man discards the follies of boyhood.
2. 2

   To make a discard

   To make a discard; to throw out a card.

3. 3

   To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour

   To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.

   • […] They blame the Favourites in point of Policy, and think it nothing extraordinary, that the Queen ſhould be at an end of Her Patience, and reſolve to diſcard them.
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   1. 4

      Anything discarded.

   2. 5

      One or more discarded playing cards in a card game.

      • "Stroll across and see how the game is going," suggested Carrados. "Have a look at Crediton's discard and then come back."
   3. 6

      The act of discarding.

   4. 7

      A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.

      • Discards can be used with out parameters, with tuples, with pattern matching (Chapters 6 and 8), or even as stand-alone variables.

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