discard
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- noun
- /dɪsˈkɑrd/
- Jargon
:
descarte
- In the card game, you need to make a discard when you cannot follow the suit.
- discard pile
Examples
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A growing percentage of swordfish discards are being caught in A/Q, where 50% or more of the catch of a longline set must be discarded.
Academic text (1996) -
Group BGD received the game activity before the drill, and the teacher noticed that many of the product cards were placed in the players' discard pile.
Academic text (1990) -
The discard ratio is taken as:
Academic text (1996) -
The two pieces don't fit, so you cast one into a discard pile and take another.
Academic text (1998) -
Discard any Clue cards from their hand (face-down to the discard pile) and redraw cards up to a maximum of 3 Clue cards in hand.
Blog text (12) -
He made a discard from his hand because the card was not useful in the game.
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The rule states that after every round, each player must make a discard if they can't play a card.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
discard = card (semi-transparent) = dis + card
The prefix 'dis-' suggests removal or reversal, but the specific meaning in card games is not directly intuitive.
Etymology
Discard is easy to remember in card games: think of dis- 'away' plus card, like putting a card away from your hand. So a discard in a game is a card you set aside or get rid of.