cast
[kɑːst]
vb
to throw or expel with violence or force
to throw off or away
she cast her clothes to the ground
to reject or dismiss
he cast the idea from his mind
to shed or drop
the ship cast anchor
to cause to appear
to cast a shadow
to express (doubts, suspicions, etc) or cause (them) to be felt
to direct (a glance, attention, etc)
cast your eye over this
to place, esp in a violent manner
he was cast into prison
to throw (a line) into the water
to draw or choose (lots)
to give or deposit (a vote)
to select (actors) to play parts in (a play, film, etc)
to shape (molten metal, glass, etc) by pouring or pressing it into a mould.to make (an object) by such a process
to compute (figures or a total)
to predict
the old woman cast my fortune
to draw on (a horoscope) details concerning the positions of the planets in the signs of the zodiac at a particular time for interpretation in terms of human characteristics, behaviour,
to contrive (esp in the phrase cast a spell)
to formulate
he cast his work in the form of a chart
to twist or cause to twist
to turn the head of (a sailing vessel) or (of a sailing vessel) to be turned away from the wind in getting under way
to direct (a pack of hounds) over (ground) where their quarry may recently have passed
(of birds of prey) to eject from the crop and bill a pellet consisting of the indigestible parts of birds or animals previously eaten
to hold the body of a hawk between the hands so as to perform some operation upon it
to stereotype or electrotype
n
the act of casting or throwing
something that is shed, dropped, or egested, such as the coil of earth left by an earthworm.another name for pellet
an object that is thrown
the distance an object is or may be thrown
a throw at dice.the resulting number shown
a trace with a fly or flies attached.the act or an instance of casting
the wide sweep made by a sheepdog to get behind a flock of sheep or by a hunting dog in search of a scent
the actors in a play collectively.(as modifier)
an object made of metal, glass, etc, that has been shaped in a molten state by being poured or pressed into a mould.the mould used to shape such an object
form or appearance
sort, kind, or style
a fixed twist or defect, esp in the eye
a distortion of shape
a rigid encircling casing, often made of plaster of Paris, for immobilizing broken bones while they heal
a mass of fatty, waxy, cellular, or other material formed in a diseased body cavity, passage, etc
the act of casting a pack of hounds
a pair of falcons working in combination to pursue the same quarry
the speed imparted to an arrow by a particular bow
a slight tinge or trace, as of colour
a computation or calculation
a forecast or conjecture
fortune or a stroke of fate
a replica of an organic object made of nonorganic material, esp a lump of sediment that indicates the internal or external surface of a shell or skeleton
a sedimentary structure representing the infilling of a mark or depression in a soft layer of sediment (or bed)
See cast about See castaway See cast back See cast down See cast-off See cast on See cast out See cast up
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