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cast away ThesaurusVerb | 1. | cast away - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"chuck out, discard, cast aside, throw away, toss away, toss out, put away, throw out, cast out, dispose, fling, tossunlearn - discard something previously learnt, like an old habitdeep-six, give it the deep six - toss out; get rid of; "deep-six these old souvenirs!"jettison - throw away, of something encumberingjunk, scrap, trash - dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"waste - get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"dump - throw away as refuse; "No dumping in these woods!"retire - dispose of (something no longer useful or needed); "She finally retired that old coat"abandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"liquidize, sell out, sell up - get rid of all one's merchandisede-access - dispose of by selling; "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money"; "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines"close out - terminate by selling off or disposing of; "He closed out his line of sports cars" |
castverb1. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm:dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shoot, shy, sling, throw, toss.Informal: fire.2. To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something:aim, direct, head, level, point, set, train, turn, zero in.Military: lay.3. To send out heat, light, or energy:emit, irradiate, project, radiate, shed, throw.4. To form a strategy for:blueprint, chart, conceive, contrive, design, devise, formulate, frame, lay, plan, project, scheme, strategize, work out.Informal: dope out.Idiom: lay plans.5. To ascertain by mathematics:calculate, cipher, compute, figure, reckon.6. To combine (figures) to form a sum:add (up), foot (up), sum (up), tot (up), total, totalize.phrasal verb cast aboutTo try to find something:hunt, look, quest, search, seek.phrasal verb cast outTo rid one's mind of:banish, dismiss, dispel, shut out.noun1. An act of throwing:fling, heave, hurl, launch, pitch, shy, sling, throw, toss.2. A disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood:aspect, countenance, expression, face, look, visage.3. A hollow device for shaping a fluid or plastic substance:form, matrix, mold.4. The external outline of a thing:configuration, figure, form, pattern, shape.5. A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members:breed, description, feather, ilk, kind, lot, manner, mold, nature, order, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety.Informal: persuasion.6. An inclination to something:bent, bias, disposition, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, squint, tendency, trend, turn.7. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation:hue, tinge, tint, tone.Translationscast away
cast away1. To discard, dispose of, reject, or renounce something or someone. After the divorce, I cast away all mementos from my marriage that were still in the house. The new dictator immediately cast away everyone in the government, replacing them with his personal supporters. I cast away my faith in religion after my wife died.2. To waste, misuse, or be frivolous with, as of money or resources. The CEO cast away the company's earnings on his own lavish lifestyle. The new director wanted to make an entirely different film, so all that time and work we put into the project have been cast away.3. Of a ship or sailors, to shipwreck or maroon e.g. on a deserted island. The small fishing vessel, largely destroyed by the storm, was cast away on a tiny piece of land in the middle of the Pacific. The pirates cast away the crew in the lifeboats and made off with their ship and its contents.See also: away, castcast away1. Also, cast aside. Discard, reject, as in He picked a book, then cast it aside, or She cast away all thoughts of returning home. [Early 1400s] 2. Squander, waste, as in She cast away a fortune on jewelry. Shakespeare used this idiom in King John (2:1): "France, hast thou yet more blood to cast away?" [Early 1500s] See also: away, castcast away
Synonyms for cast awayverb throw or cast awaySynonyms- chuck out
- discard
- cast aside
- throw away
- toss away
- toss out
- put away
- throw out
- cast out
- dispose
- fling
- toss
Related Words- unlearn
- deep-six
- give it the deep six
- jettison
- junk
- scrap
- trash
- waste
- get rid of
- remove
- dump
- retire
- abandon
- liquidize
- sell out
- sell up
- de-access
- close out
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