Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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discard

UK /dɪsˈkɑːd/ · US /dɪsˈkɑɹd/ verb, noun

Forms discards discarding discarded

  1. verb (transitive) To throw away, to reject.
  2. verb (intransitive, card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.
  3. verb To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
  4. noun Anything discarded.
  5. noun One or more discarded playing cards in a card game.
  6. noun The act of discarding.
  7. noun (programming) A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.

Synonyms

cast aside cast away dismiss jettison dispose of eliminate get rid of throw aside throw away throw down junk 86 bin can cast off chuck chuck away chuck out ditch dump throwing away fling toss toss out toss away dispose throw out cast out put away

Etymology

From dis- + card. Compare Spanish descartar.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).
  2. verb To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away.
  3. verb To make a discard.
  4. noun The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “discard”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “discard” (best matches first).