desechar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- discard verb To throw away or get rid of something no longer wanted.
- dismiss verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
- jettison verb To throw cargo or equipment overboard or overboard-equivalent, usually to lighten a vessel or aircraft in an emergency.
- scrap noun A small leftover piece or fragment of something.
- toss verb To throw something lightly or carelessly, usually with an upward motion.
Senses
desechar is used for these senses in English:
- cast away (transitive) To discard.
- discard (transitive) To throw away, to reject.
- dismiss (transitive) To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration.
- do away with (transitive, idiomatic, informal) To abolish; to put an end to; to eliminate.
- jettison (figurative) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
- scrap (transitive) To discard; to get rid of.
- throw away (transitive) To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
discard — full definition
- verb To throw away or get rid of something no longer wanted.
- verb (card games) To throw out a card from one's hand.
- noun Something, or a playing card, that has been thrown away or rejected.
dismiss — full definition
- verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
- verb To refuse to take something seriously or to consider it worth thinking about.
- verb To tell someone they are free to leave.