"discarding" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: discardings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} discarding (plural discardings)
  1. The act by which something is discarded; a throwing away.
    Sense id: en-discarding-en-noun-X49UWGYI
  2. (in the plural) Discarded material. Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-discarding-en-noun-f9LOUbdw

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} discarding
  1. present participle and gerund of discard Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: discard
    Sense id: en-discarding-en-verb-1UH7MbkO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 18 47 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 17 49

Inflected forms

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