Hypertext Webster Gateway: "discarded"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Discard \Dis*card"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discarded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Discarding}.]
1. (Card Playing) To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous
cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).
2. To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to
dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to
discharge; to turn away.
They blame the favorites, and think it nothing
extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to
discard them. --Swift.
3. To put or thrust away; to reject.
A man discards the follies of boyhood. --I. Taylor.
Syn: To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
discarded
adj 1: thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes";
"throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged
some thrown-away furniture" [syn: {cast-off(a)}, {throwaway(a)},
{thrown-away(a)}]
2: disposed of as useless; "waste paper" [syn: {cast-off(a)}, {junked},
{scrap(a)}, {waste}]
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