Definition of "discuss" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.

   • Let's sit down and discuss whether we should have a baby.
   • I don't wish to discuss this further.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).

3. (obsolete, transitive) To break to pieces; to shatter.

4. (obsolete, transitive, colloquial) To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume.

5. (transitive, law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.

6. (obsolete, transitive) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.

   • 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.