noun

• The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
• A manufacturing process using a mold.
• (countable) An object made in a mold.
• The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.^([W])
• The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
• (programming) The act of converting between data types.
• (hunting) Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent.