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What (who) is cast - definition
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Casts; Cast (disambiguation); Cast (album)
Cast
·noun The thing thrown.
II. Cast ·noun A stoke, touch, or trick.
III. Cast ·noun Contrivance; plot, design.
IV. Cast ·noun The act of casting in a mold.
V. Cast ·- 3d ·pres. of Cast, for Casteth.
VI. Cast ·vt To stereotype or electrotype.
VII. Cast ·vi To Vomit.
VIII. Cast ·vt To direct or turn, as the eyes.
IX. Cast ·vt To throw down, as in wrestling.
X. Cast ·Impf & ·p.p. of Cast.
XI. Cast ·vi To receive form or shape in a mold.
XII. Cast ·vt To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
XIII. Cast ·noun The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
XIV. Cast ·noun A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
XV. Cast ·noun A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
XVI. Cast ·noun The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
XVII. Cast ·noun A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
XVIII. Cast ·noun The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
XIX. Cast ·vi To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
XX. Cast ·vt To throw out or emit; to Exhale.
XXI. Cast ·vt To bring forth prematurely; to Slink.
XXII. Cast ·vi To Warp; to become twisted out of shape.
XXIII. Cast ·noun A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
XXV. Cast ·noun An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
XXVI. Cast ·noun A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
XXVII. Cast ·noun Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.
XXIX. Cast ·vi To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
XXXI. Cast ·noun Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
XXXII. Cast ·noun A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.
XXXVI. Cast ·vt To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
XXXVIII. Cast ·noun 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.
XLI. Cast ·noun 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.
XLII. Cast ·vt To turn (the balance or scale); to Overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to Decide; as, a casting voice.
cast
cast1
¦ verb (past and past participle cast)
1. throw forcefully in a specified direction.
throw so as to spread over an area.
2. cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface.
direct (one's eyes or thoughts) towards something.
cause to be associated with something: journalists cast doubt on this version of events.
3. shed or discard (something).
4. shape (metal or other material) by pouring it into a mould while molten.
arrange and present in a specified form or style.
5. register (a vote).
6. throw the hooked and baited end of (a fishing line) out into the water.
7. cause (a magic spell) to take effect.
8. calculate and record details of (a horoscope).
9. Hunting let loose (hounds) on a scent.
search around for a scent.
¦ noun
1. an object made by casting metal or other material.
2. (also plaster cast) a mould used to make such an object.
a bandage stiffened with plaster of Paris, moulded to support and protect a broken limb.
3. an act of casting something.
Brit. the leader of a fishing line.
4. form, appearance, or character: she had a somewhat masculine cast of countenance.
5. a slight squint.
6. short for worm cast.
7. a pellet regurgitated by a hawk or owl.
8. a wide sweep made by a dog or pack of hounds.
Phrasal verbs
cast about (or around or round) search far and wide.
be cast away be stranded after a shipwreck.
be cast down feel depressed.
cast off (or cast something off)
1. Knitting take the stitches off the needle by looping each over the next to finish the edge.
2. set a boat or ship free from her moorings.
3. let loose a hunting hound or hawk.
4. Printing estimate the space that will be taken in print by manuscript copy.
cast on (or cast something on) Knitting make the first row of a specified number of loops on the needle.
Derivatives
casting noun
Origin
ME: from ON kasta 'to cast or throw'.
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cast2
¦ noun the actors taking part in a play or film.
¦ verb (past and past participle cast) assign a part to (an actor).
?allocate parts in (a play or film).
Origin
C17: a special use of cast1.
Examples of use of cast
1. By day‘s end, the Senate had cast more votes in one session than had been previously cast all year.
2. WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE: More than 25,000 voters cast early ballots, about 5,000 more than were cast early in April‘s primary.
3. That includes those who cast provisional ballots.
4. Charmingly cast, surprisingly slow, poorly edited.
5. The United States, for instance, has cast its veto 82 times and Russia (formerly the Soviet Union) has cast its veto 122 times.