CAST
hurl, cast
(noun) a violent throw
casting, cast
(noun) the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
cast, roll
(noun) the act of throwing dice
cast, casting
(noun) object formed by a mold
cast, plaster cast, plaster bandage
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
mold, mould, cast
(noun) container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
form, shape, cast
(noun) the visual appearance of something or someone; “the delicate cast of his features”
cast, cast of characters, dramatis personae
(noun) the actors in a play
cast, mold, mould, stamp
(noun) the distinctive form in which a thing is made; “pottery of this cast was found throughout the region”
vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up
(verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; “After drinking too much, the students vomited”; “He purged continuously”; “The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night”
frame, redact, cast, put, couch
(verb) formulate in a particular style or language; “I wouldn’t put it that way”; “She cast her request in very polite language”
draw, cast
(verb) choose at random; “draw a card”; “cast lots”
hurl, hurtle, cast
(verb) throw forcefully
shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
(verb) get rid of; “he shed his image as a pushy boss”; “shed your clothes”
project, cast, contrive, throw
(verb) put or send forth; “She threw the flashlight beam into the corner”; “The setting sun threw long shadows”; “cast a spell”; “cast a warm light”
cast, mold, mould
(verb) form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; “cast a bronze sculpture”
cast
(verb) select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet; “He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona”
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; “The gypsies roamed the woods”; “roving vagabonds”; “the wandering Jew”; “The cattle roam across the prairie”; “the laborers drift from one town to the next”; “They rolled from town to town”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
cast (third-person singular simple present casts, present participle casting, simple past and past participle cast)
(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
(now somewhat literary) To throw. [from 13thc.]
To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea. [from 14thc.]
To throw down or aside. [from 15thc.]
(of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat. [from 15thc.]
To cause (a horse or other large animal) to lie down with its legs underneath it.
(obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes). [from 14thc.]
(nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
(obsolete) To vomit.
(archaic) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
(archaic) To throw out or emit; to exhale.
To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.). [from 13thc.]
(dated) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures. [from 14thc.]
(social) To predict, to decide, to plan.
(astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.). [from 14thc.]
(obsolete) To plan, intend. [14th-19thc.]
(transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance). [from 18thc.]
(transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
(archaic) To impose; to bestow; to rest.
(archaic) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict.
To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
(archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry. [from 15thc.]
To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. [from 15thc.]
(printing, dated) To stereotype or electrotype.
To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.). [from 16thc.]
(nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round. [from 18thc.]
To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote). [from 19thc.]
(computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text. [from 20thc.]
(hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent. [from 18thc.]
(medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
(Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
Noun
cast (plural casts)
An act of throwing.
(fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
The casting procedure.
An object made in a mould.
A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
The mould used to make cast objects.
(hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
A squint.
Visual appearance.
The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.
Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
A group of crabs.
Anagrams
• ACTs, ATCs, ATSC, Acts, CATs, Cats, STCA, TACS, TCAS, TCAs, TSCA, acts, cats, scat
Proper noun
Cast (plural Casts)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cast is the 20937th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1258 individuals. Cast is most common among White (81.56%) individuals.
Anagrams
• ACTs, ATCs, ATSC, Acts, CATs, Cats, STCA, TACS, TCAS, TCAs, TSCA, acts, cats, scat
Source: Wiktionary
Cast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cast; p. pr. & vb. n. Casting.] Etym: [Cf. Dan. kastw, Icel. & Sw. kasta; perh. akin to L. gerer to bear, carry. E. Jest.]
1. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel. Uzziash prepared . . . slings to cast stones. 2 Chron. xxvi. 14 Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. Acts. xii. 8 We must be cast upon a certain island. Acts. xxvii. 26.
2. To direct or turn, as the eyes. How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me! Shak.
3. To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
4. To throw down, as in wrestling. Shak.
5. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart. Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank] about thee. Luke xix. 48.
6. To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose. His filth within being cast. Shak. Neither shall your vine cast her fruit. Mal. iii. 11 The creatures that cast the skin are the snake, the viper, etc. Bacon.
7. To bring forth prematurely; to slink. Thy she-goats have not cast their young. Gen. xxi. 38.
8. To throw out or emit; to exhale. [Obs.] This . . . casts a sulphureous smell. Woodward.
9. To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
10. To impose; to bestow; to rest. The government I cast upon my brother. Shak. Cast thy burden upon the Lord. Ps. iv. 22.
11. To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. [Obs.] The state can not with safety casthim.
12. To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope. "Let it be cast and paid." Shak. You cast the event of war my noble lord. Shak.
13. To contrive; to plan. [Archaic] The cloister . . . had, I doubt not, been cast for [an orange- house]. Sir W. Temple.
14. To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages. She was cast to be hanged. Jeffrey. Were the case referred to any competent judge, they would inevitably be cast. Dr. H. More.
15. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice. How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious! South.
16. To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
17. (Print.)
Definition: To stereotype or electrotype.
18. To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part. Our parts in the other world will be new cast. Addison. To cast anchor (Naut.) Se under Anchor.
– To cast a horoscope, to calculate it.
– To cast a horse, sheep, or other animal, to throw with the feet upwards, in such a manner as to prevent its rising again.
– To cast a shoe, to throw off or lose a shoe, said of a horse or ox.
– To cast aside, to throw or push aside; to neglect; to reject as useless or inconvenient.
– To cast away. (a) To throw away; to lavish; to waste. "Cast away a life" Addison. (b) To reject; to let perish. "Cast away his people." Rom. xi. 1. "Cast one away." Shak. (c) To wreck. "Cast away and sunk." Shak.
– To cast by, to reject; to dismiss or discard; to throw away.
– To cast down, to throw down; to destroy; to deject or depress, as the mind. "Why art thou cast down. O my soul" Ps. xiii. 5.
– To cast forth, to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed place; to emit; to send out.
– To cast in one's lot with, to share the fortunes of.
– To cast in one's teeth, to upbraid or abuse one for; to twin.
– To cast lots. See under Lot.
– To cast off. (a) To discard or reject; to drive away; to put off; to free one's self from. (b) (Hunting) To leave behind, as dogs; also, to set loose, or free, as dogs. Crabb. (c) (Naut.) To untie, throw off, or let go, as a rope.
– To cast off copy, (Print.), to estimate how much printed matter a given amount of copy will make, or how large the page must be in order that the copy may make a given number of pages.
– To cast one's self on or upon to yield or submit one's self unreservedly to. as to the mercy of another.
– To cast out, to throy out; to eject, as from a house; to cast forth; to expel; to utter.
– To cast the lead (Naut.), to sound by dropping the lead to the botton.
– To cast the water (Med.), to examine the urine for signs of disease. [Obs.].
– To cast up. (a) To throw up; to raise. (b) To compute; to reckon, as the cost. (c) To vomit. (d) To twit with; to throw in one's teeth.
Cast, v. i.
1. To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh. Weigh anchor, cast to starboard. Totten.
3. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons. She . . . cast in her mind what manner of salution this should be. Luke. i. 29.
4. To calculate; to compute. [R.] Who would cast and balance at a desk. Tennyson.
5. To receive form or shape in a mold. It will not run thin, so as to cast and mold. Woodward.
6. To warp; to become twisted out of shape. Stuff is said to cast or warp when . . . it alters its flatness or straightness. Moxon.
7. To vomit. These verses . . . make me ready to cast. B. Jonson.
Cast,
Definition: 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Cast, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel., Dan., & Sw. kast.]
1. The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
2. The thing thrown. A cast of dreadful dust. Dryden.
3. The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown. "About a stone's cast." Luke xxii. 41.
4. A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture. An even cast whether the army should march this way or that way. Sowth. I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die. Shak.
5. That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.
6. The act of casting in a mold. And why such daily cast of brazen cannon. Shak.
7. An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
8. That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.
9. Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a pecullar cast of countenance. "A neat cast of verse." Pope. An heroic poem, but in another cast and figure. Prior. And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought. Shak.
10. A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade. Gray with a cast of green. Woodward.
11. A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift. [Scotch] We bargained with the driver to give us a cast to the next stage. Smollett. If we had the cast o' a cart to bring it. Sir W. Scott.
12. The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
13. (Falconary)
Definition: A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand. Grabb. As when a cast of falcons make their flight. Spenser.
14. A stoke, touch, or trick. [Obs.] This was a cast of Wood's politics; for his information was wholly false. Swift.
15. A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint. The cast of the eye is a gesture of aversion. Bacon. And let you see with one cast of an eye. Addison. This freakish, elvish cast came into the child's eye. Hawthorne.
16. A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
17. Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
18. Contrivance; plot, design. [Obs.] Chaucer. A cast of the eye, a slight squint or strabismus.
– Renal cast (Med.), microscopic bodies found in the urine of persons affected with disease of the kidneys; -- so called because they are formed of matter deposited in, and preserving the outline of, the renal tubes.
– The last cast, the last throw of the dice or last effort, on which every thing is ventured; the last chance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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