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cast /käst/ transitive verb (pat and pap cast)- To throw or fling, esp violently
- To throw (a fishing-line or net) into the water
- To throw off, get rid of, drop or discard
- (of animals) to shed or moult (hair, etc)
- To project or create (a shadow)
- To throw out or give out (light, heat, etc)
- To mould or shape (metal, plastic, etc, or artefacts from it)
- To appoint (an actor for a part, or as a character in a play, etc)
- To assign (the parts in a play, etc)
- To voice, express or create (doubts, etc)
- To reject, condemn, dismiss or decide against
- To purpose, devise or consider (archaic)
- To calculate, compute or add up (now rare)
- To direct (a glance, thoughts, etc)
- To formulate, or to arrange in a suitable order or form
- To register (a vote)
- To predict or calculate (a horoscope) (astrology)
- To direct hounds over ground where their quarry may have passed (hunting)
- (of animals) to give birth, esp prematurely
- To make (printing plates) in stereotype or electrotype (printing)
- To dig and cut (peat) (Scot)
intransitive verb- To throw a fishing-line into the water
- (of wood) to warp
- (of sailing vessels) to veer
- To look or seek
- (of animals) to moult
noun- The act of casting
- A throw of anything, eg the sounding-lead, a fishing-line, etc
- The thing thrown, esp in angling
- The distance thrown
- A twist or squint, eg of the eye
- A turn or sample performance
- A good turn, eg a lift or conveyance in a vehicle (Scot)
- Indigestible matter ejected by a bird, earthworm, etc
- A throw or turn of fortune, a chance
- A mould
- A rigid casing, usu of plaster of Paris and, often, gauze, for holding a broken bone in place while it sets
- Form, manner, stamp or quality (esp of a person)
- An overall shade or tinge of colour
- The assignment of the various parts of a play, etc to the several actors, etc
- The company of actors playing roles in a given play, film, etc
- A pair of hawks (falconry)
- A second swarm of bees leaving a hive after the first swarm
adjective- Moulded
- Rejected, cast off
- Defeated at law
- (of an animal) on its back and unable to get up
ORIGIN: ON kasta to throw castˈed adjective (Shakespeare) Cast off castˈing noun - The act of casting or moulding
- That which is cast
- A mould
castˈaway noun - A person shipwrecked in a desolate or isolated place
- An outcast
adjective Worthless, rejected casting couch noun (facetious) A couch on which actresses are said to be seduced with the promise of a part in a film, play, etc casting director noun A person responsible for casting actors for all the parts in a film, TV production, play, etc castˈing-net noun A type of net for fishing casting vote noun A chairman's deciding vote in case of deadlock castˈing-weight noun The weight that makes the balance cast or turn when exactly poised cast iron noun An iron-carbon alloy distinguished from steel by its containing substantial amounts of cementite or graphite, meaning it is unsuitable for working and must be cast cast-iˈron adjective - Hard, rigid
- Very strong
- Unarguable, incontestable
castˈ-off adjective Rejected, laid aside, given away, no longer wanted, etc noun - Anything, esp clothing, given or thrown away, no longer wanted, etc
- The act or result of casting off manuscript or keyed copy
cast-steelˈ noun Steel that has been cast, not shaped by mechanical working cast about or around - To look about, to search (for) literally or in one's mind
- To turn, to go round (Bible)
cast a horoscope or nativity To make an astrological calculation of someone's future or character cast anchor To anchor a ship cast an eye or a glance To look briefly and informally cast a spell (upon) To utter or perform an enchantment or to put under an enchantment cast a vote To record or make a vote cast away - To wreck
- To waste
cast back To direct one's thoughts to the past cast down - To deject or depress mentally
- To turn downward
cast loose To set loose or adrift cast lots see under lot cast off - To reject
- To release (hawks or hounds) in order to hunt or pick up a scent
- To release (a boat) from its moorings
- (in knitting, etc) to eliminate stitches by looping them together and removing them from the pins
- To calculate the amount of printed matter that manuscript or keyed copy will make when typeset
cast on (in knitting, etc) to make stitches cast out (Scot) To quarrel cast up - To throw up
- To bring up or mention (a past error, wrongdoing, etc) as a reproach
- To turn up, appear or emerge (Scot)
- To total a column of figures
cast water (archaic) To inspect or test urine in medical diagnosis the last cast Extremities |