cast.
To move, or be moved, away.
Meaning & usage
To move, or be moved, away.
To move, or be moved, away. To throw.
To move, or be moved, away. To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
To move, or be moved, away. To throw down or aside.
To move, or be moved, away. To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
To move, or be moved, away. To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
To move, or be moved, away. To remove, take off (clothes).
To move, or be moved, away. To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
To move, or be moved, away. To vomit.
To move, or be moved, away. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
To move, or be moved, away. To throw out or emit; to exhale.
To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
To predict, to decide, to plan. To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
To predict, to decide, to plan. To plan, intend.
To predict, to decide, to plan. To assign (a role in a play or performance).
The director cast the part carefully.
To predict, to decide, to plan. To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
The director cast John Smith as King Lear.
To predict, to decide, to plan. To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.
King John cast his predecessor in a negative light to deflect criticism of his own questionable decisions.
To predict, to decide, to plan. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
to cast about for reasons
To predict, to decide, to plan. To impose; to bestow; to rest.
To predict, to decide, to plan. To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict.
to be cast in damages
To predict, to decide, to plan. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
a casting voice
To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.
To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. To stereotype or electrotype.
To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
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.
To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
Time to tell all the ballots cast by voters in the box.
To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
To display a number, you need to cast it to a string type.
Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
The streamer was the first to cast footage of the new game.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots cast (“to cast, throw”), Danish kaste (“to throw”), Swedish kasta (“to throw, cast, fling, toss, discard”), Icelandic kasta (“to pitch, toss”). In the sense of "flinging", displaced native warp. The senses relating to broadcasting are based on that same term; compare -cast.
An act of throwing.
The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
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 area near the stream was covered with little bubbly worm casts.
The collective group of actors performing a play or production together.
He’s in the cast of Oliver.
The cast was praised for a fine performance.
The casting procedure.
The men got into position for the cast, two at the ladle, two with long rods, all with heavy clothing.
An object made in a mould.
The cast would need a great deal of machining to become a recognizable finished part.
A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
The doctor put a cast on the boy’s broken arm.
The mould used to make cast objects.
A plaster cast was made from his face.
The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair of hawks.
A squint.
Visual appearance.
Her features had a delicate cast to them.
The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
Obsolete form of caste (“hereditary social class of South Asia”).
Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
A group of crabs.
A group of crabs. Two crabs.
The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
A chance or attempt at something.
Assistance given by transporting a person or lightening their labour.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots cast (“to cast, throw”), Danish kaste (“to throw”), Swedish kasta (“to throw, cast, fling, toss, discard”), Icelandic kasta (“to pitch, toss”). In the sense of "flinging", displaced native warp. The senses relating to broadcasting are based on that same term; compare -cast.
Of an animal, such as a horse or sheep: Lying in a position from which it cannot rise on its own.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots cast (“to cast, throw”), Danish kaste (“to throw”), Swedish kasta (“to throw, cast, fling, toss, discard”), Icelandic kasta (“to pitch, toss”). In the sense of "flinging", displaced native warp. The senses relating to broadcasting are based on that same term; compare -cast.
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