- 1
To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.transitive
- Let's sit down and discuss whether we should have a baby.
- I don't wish to discuss this further.
- 2
To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).obsoletetransitive
- Nym: I will discuss the humour of this love to Page.
- Pistol: Discuss unto me; art thou officer? Or art thou base, common and popular?
- 3
To break to pieces; to shatter.obsoletetransitive
- 4
To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume.colloquialobsoletetransitive
- When the preparations were finished, he invited me with—“Now, sir, bring forward your chair.” And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal.
- We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us.
- 5
To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.transitive
- 6
To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.obsoletetransitive
- June 15, 1751, Samuel Johnson, letter in The Rambler The softness of my hands was secured by medicated gloves, and my bosom rubbed with a pomade prepared by my mother, of virtue to discuss pimples, and clear discolourations.
syn. bechat · confer · bespeak · betalk · chat · discuss · moot · talk about · talk over · treat