cast
IPA: kˈæst
noun
- 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.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- A group of crabs.
- A chance or attempt at something.
- A surname.
- Obsolete form of caste (“hereditary social class of South Asia”). [Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies.]
verb
- (physical) To move, or be moved, away.
- (now somewhat literary) To throw.
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- To throw down or aside.
- (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes).
- (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.).
- (dated outside accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- (social) To predict, to decide, to plan.
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- (obsolete) To plan, intend.
- (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- (transitive) To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.
- 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.
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- (printing, dated) To stereotype or electrotype.
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- (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.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- (media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
adjective
- Of an animal, such as a horse or sheep: Lying in a position from which it cannot rise on its own.
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Examples of "cast" in Sentences
- The ball was cast into the air.
- She casted the imprecation on me.
- The cast are huge football fanatics.
- He praised the director and the cast.
- It was cast in resin and came unpainted.
- Cover the cast in the respective articles.
- Most of the script was improvised by the cast.
- In the preferred embodiment the bracket is cast.
- The arain caste is the caste of vegetable growers.
- Did anyone catch the names of the rest of the cast