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What is "cast" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does cast mean in English? Meaning of cast definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "cast" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "cast": the actors in a play

Noun

  • Meaning: the actors in a play
  • Synonyms: cast cast of characters dramatis personae
  • Hyponyms: ensemble supporting players
  • Hypernyms: assemblage gathering

    • Meaning of "cast": put or send forth

    Verb

  • Meaning: put or send forth
  • Example: She threw the flashlight beam into the corner The setting sun threw long shadows cast a spell cast a warm light
  • Synonyms: cast contrive project throw
  • Hyponyms: shoot
  • Hypernyms: direct send

    • Meaning of "cast": container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

    Noun

  • Meaning: container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
  • Synonyms: cast mold mould
  • Hyponyms: form matrix pig pig bed sandbox
  • Hypernyms: container

    • Meaning of "cast": deposit

    Verb

  • Meaning: deposit
  • Example: cast a vote cast a ballot
  • Synonyms: cast
  • Hypernyms: give

    • Meaning of "cast": the distinctive form in which a thing is made

    Noun

  • Meaning: the distinctive form in which a thing is made
  • Example: pottery of this cast was found throughout the region
  • Synonyms: cast mold mould stamp
  • Hypernyms: solid

    • Meaning of "cast": select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet

    Verb

  • Meaning: select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
  • Example: He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona
  • Synonyms: cast
  • Hyponyms: miscast recast typecast
  • Hypernyms: assign delegate depute designate

    • Meaning of "cast": the visual appearance of something or someone

    Noun

  • Meaning: the visual appearance of something or someone
  • Example: the delicate cast of his features
  • Synonyms: cast form shape
  • Hypernyms: appearance visual aspect

    • Meaning of "cast": throw forcefully

    Verb

  • Meaning: throw forcefully
  • Synonyms: cast hurl hurtle
  • Hyponyms: bowl catapult crash dash precipitate sling
  • Hypernyms: throw
  • Also see: anchor cast anchor drop anchor

    • Meaning of "cast": bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal

    Noun

  • Meaning: bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
  • Synonyms: cast plaster bandage plaster cast
  • Hypernyms: bandage patch

    • Meaning of "cast": assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors

    Verb

  • Meaning: assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
  • Example: Who cast this beautiful movie?
  • Synonyms: cast
  • Hypernyms: assign delegate depute designate

    • Meaning of "cast": object formed by a mold

    Noun

  • Meaning: object formed by a mold
  • Synonyms: cast casting
  • Hyponyms: block cylinder block death mask engine block life mask
  • Hypernyms: copy

    • Meaning of "cast": move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

    Verb

  • Meaning: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
  • Example: The gypsies roamed the woods roving vagabonds the wandering Jew The cattle roam across the prairie the laborers drift from one town to the next They rolled from town to town
  • Synonyms: cast drift ramble range roam roll rove stray swan tramp vagabond wander
  • Hyponyms: gad gallivant jazz around maunder
  • Hypernyms: go locomote move travel

    • Meaning of "cast": the act of throwing dice

    Noun

  • Meaning: the act of throwing dice
  • Synonyms: cast roll
  • Hyponyms: natural
  • Hypernyms: throw

    • Meaning of "cast": form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold

    Verb

  • Meaning: form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
  • Example: cast a bronze sculpture
  • Synonyms: cast mold mould
  • Hyponyms: press press out recast remold remould sand cast
  • Hypernyms: forge form mold mould shape work

    • Meaning of "cast": the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel

    Noun

  • Meaning: the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
  • Synonyms: cast casting
  • Hyponyms: bait casting fly casting overcast surf casting surf fishing
  • Hypernyms: fishing sportfishing

    • Meaning of "cast": get rid of

    Verb

  • Meaning: get rid of
  • Example: he shed his image as a pushy boss shed your clothes
  • Synonyms: cast cast off drop shake off shed throw throw away throw off
  • Hyponyms: abscise autotomise autotomize exfoliate exuviate molt moult shed slough
  • Hypernyms: remove take take away withdraw

    • Meaning of "cast": a violent throw

    Noun

  • Meaning: a violent throw
  • Synonyms: cast hurl
  • Hypernyms: throw

    • Meaning of "cast": choose at random

    Verb

  • Meaning: choose at random
  • Example: draw a card cast lots
  • Synonyms: cast draw
  • Hypernyms: go move

    • Meaning of "cast": formulate in a particular style or language

    Verb

  • Meaning: formulate in a particular style or language
  • Example: I wouldn't put it that way She cast her request in very polite language
  • Synonyms: cast couch frame put redact
  • Hypernyms: articulate formulate give voice phrase word

    • Meaning of "cast": eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

    Verb

  • Meaning: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
  • Example: After drinking too much, the students vomited He purged continuously The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
  • Synonyms: barf be sick cast cat chuck disgorge honk puke purge regorge regurgitate retch sick spew spue throw up upchuck vomit vomit up
  • Hypernyms: egest eliminate excrete pass
  • Antonyms: keep down
  • Adjective: (heading, physical) To move, or be moved, away. (now somewhat literary) To throw. [from 13thc.] c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: N. Trübner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, volume I, OCLC 374760, page 11: Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke […] caste þher-to Safroun an Salt […] 1623, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Why then a Ladder quaintly made of Cords / To cast vp, with a paire of anchoring hookes, / Would serue to scale another Hero's towre […]. 1760, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, p.262: The more, an' please your honour, the pity, said the Corporal; in uttering which, he cast his spade into the wheelbarrow […]. To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea. [from 14thc.] 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 4: As Jesus walked by the see off Galile, he sawe two brethren: Simon which was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, castynge a neet into the see (for they were fisshers) […]. Specifically, to throw down or aside. [from 15thc.] 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.xii: So she to Guyon offred it to tast; / Who taking it out of her tender hond, / The cup to ground did violently cast, / That all in peeces it was broken fond […]. 1611, Bible, Authorized Version, Matthew VI.30: it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 1930, "Sidar the Madman", Time, 19 Dec.: Near Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, Madman, co-pilot and plane were caught in a storm, cast into the Caribbean, drowned. 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, 2010, p.316: Her bow is not to her liking. In a temper, she casts it on the grass. (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat. [from 15thc.] (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes). [from 14thc.] 1822, "Life of Donald McBane", Blackwood's Magazine, vol.12, p.745: when the serjeant saw me, he cast his coat and put it on me, and they carried me on their shoulders to a village where the wounded were and our surgeons […]. 2002, Jess Cartner-Morley, "How to Wear Clothes", The Guardian, 2 March: You know the saying, "Ne'er cast a clout till May is out"? Well, personally, I'm bored of my winter clothes by March. (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water. (obsolete) To vomit. Ben Jonson (1572-1637) These verses […] make me ready to cast. (archaic) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart. Bible, Luke xix.48 Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank] about thee. (archaic) To throw out or emit; to exhale. John Woodward (1665-1728) This […] casts a sulphureous smell.(now somewhat literary) To throw. [from 13thc.] c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: N. Trübner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, volume I, OCLC 374760, page 11: Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke […] caste þher-to Safroun an Salt […] 1623, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Why then a Ladder quaintly made of Cords / To cast vp, with a paire of anchoring hookes, / Would serue to scale another Hero's towre […]. 1760, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, p.262: The more, an' please your honour, the pity, said the Corporal; in uttering which, he cast his spade into the wheelbarrow […].c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: N. Trübner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, volume I, OCLC 374760, page 11: Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke […] caste þher-to Safroun an Salt […]1623, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Why then a Ladder quaintly made of Cords / To cast vp, with a paire of anchoring hookes, / Would serue to scale another Hero's towre […].1760, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, p.262: The more, an' please your honour, the pity, said the Corporal; in uttering which, he cast his spade into the wheelbarrow […].To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea. [from 14thc.] 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 4: As Jesus walked by the see off Galile, he sawe two brethren: Simon which was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, castynge a neet into the see (for they were fisshers) […].1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 4: As Jesus walked by the see off Galile, he sawe two brethren: Simon which was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, castynge a neet into the see (for they were fisshers) […].Specifically, to throw down or aside. [from 15thc.] 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.xii: So she to Guyon offred it to tast; / Who taking it out of her tender hond, / The cup to ground did violently cast, / That all in peeces it was broken fond […]. 1611, Bible, Authorized Version, Matthew VI.30: it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 1930, "Sidar the Madman", Time, 19 Dec.: Near Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, Madman, co-pilot and plane were caught in a storm, cast into the Caribbean, drowned. 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, 2010, p.316: Her bow is not to her liking. In a temper, she casts it on the grass.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.xii: So she to Guyon offred it to tast; / Who taking it out of her tender hond, / The cup to ground did violently cast, / That all in peeces it was broken fond […].1611, Bible, Authorized Version, Matthew VI.30: it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.1930, "Sidar the Madman", Time, 19 Dec.: Near Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, Madman, co-pilot and plane were caught in a storm, cast into the Caribbean, drowned.2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, 2010, p.316: Her bow is not to her liking. In a temper, she casts it on the grass.(of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat. [from 15thc.](obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes). [from 14thc.] 1822, "Life of Donald McBane", Blackwood's Magazine, vol.12, p.745: when the serjeant saw me, he cast his coat and put it on me, and they carried me on their shoulders to a village where the wounded were and our surgeons […]. 2002, Jess Cartner-Morley, "How to Wear Clothes", The Guardian, 2 March: You know the saying, "Ne'er cast a clout till May is out"? Well, personally, I'm bored of my winter clothes by March.1822, "Life of Donald McBane", Blackwood's Magazine, vol.12, p.745: when the serjeant saw me, he cast his coat and put it on me, and they carried me on their shoulders to a village where the wounded were and our surgeons […].2002, Jess Cartner-Morley, "How to Wear Clothes", The Guardian, 2 March: You know the saying, "Ne'er cast a clout till May is out"? Well, personally, I'm bored of my winter clothes by March.(nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.(obsolete) To vomit. Ben Jonson (1572-1637) These verses […] make me ready to cast.Ben Jonson (1572-1637) These verses […] make me ready to cast.(archaic) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart. Bible, Luke xix.48 Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank] about thee.Bible, Luke xix.48 Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank] about thee.(archaic) To throw out or emit; to exhale. John Woodward (1665-1728) This […] casts a sulphureous smell.John Woodward (1665-1728) This […] casts a sulphureous smell.To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.). [from 13thc.] 1595, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3: To whom do Lyons cast their gentle Lookes? Not to the Beast, that would vsurpe their Den. 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, I.11: She then yawned again, threw aside her book, and cast her eyes round the room in quest of some amusement […]. 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, The Unknown Ajax: But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.1595, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3: To whom do Lyons cast their gentle Lookes? Not to the Beast, that would vsurpe their Den.1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, I.11: She then yawned again, threw aside her book, and cast her eyes round the room in quest of some amusement […].1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, The Unknown Ajax: But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures. [from 14thc.] 1594, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2: The Clearke of Chartam: hee can write and / reade, and cast accompt. 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.17: I cannot yet cast account either with penne or Counters. 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe I cast up the notches on my post, and found I had been on shore three hundred and sixty-five days.1594, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2: The Clearke of Chartam: hee can write and / reade, and cast accompt.1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.17: I cannot yet cast account either with penne or Counters.1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe I cast up the notches on my post, and found I had been on shore three hundred and sixty-five days.(heading, social) To predict, to decide, to plan. (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.). [from 14thc.] 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.309: he is […] a perfect astrologer, that can cast the rise and fall of others, and mark their errant motions to his own use. 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, 2012, p.332: John Gadbury confessed that Mrs Cellier, ‘the Popish Midwife’, had asked him to cast the King's nativity, although the astrology claimed to have refused to do so. 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p.1197: He did the washing up and stayed behind to watch the dinner cook while she hopped off with a friend to have her horoscope cast by another friend. (obsolete) To plan, intend. [14th-19thc.] 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book VII.2: "Fayre damesell, I thanke you hartely," seyde Sir Launcelot, "but truly," seyde he, "I caste me never to be wedded man." 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i: I wrapt my selfe in Palmers weed, / And cast to seeke him forth through daunger and great dreed. William Temple (1628–1699) The cloister […] had, I doubt not, been cast for [an orange-house]. (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance). [from 18thc.] The director cast the part carefully. (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor). The director cast John Smith as King Lear. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan. to cast about for reasons Bible, Luke i.29 She […] cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. (archaic) To impose; to bestow; to rest. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) The government I cast upon my brother. Bible, Psalms iv. 22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord. (archaic) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict. to be cast in damages Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850) She was cast to be hanged. Dr. Henry More (1614-1687) Were the case referred to any competent judge, they would inevitably be cast. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide. a casting voice Robert South (1634–1716) How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious!(astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.). [from 14thc.] 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.309: he is […] a perfect astrologer, that can cast the rise and fall of others, and mark their errant motions to his own use. 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, 2012, p.332: John Gadbury confessed that Mrs Cellier, ‘the Popish Midwife’, had asked him to cast the King's nativity, although the astrology claimed to have refused to do so. 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p.1197: He did the washing up and stayed behind to watch the dinner cook while she hopped off with a friend to have her horoscope cast by another friend.1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.309: he is […] a perfect astrologer, that can cast the rise and fall of others, and mark their errant motions to his own use.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, 2012, p.332: John Gadbury confessed that Mrs Cellier, ‘the Popish Midwife’, had asked him to cast the King's nativity, although the astrology claimed to have refused to do so.1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p.1197: He did the washing up and stayed behind to watch the dinner cook while she hopped off with a friend to have her horoscope cast by another friend.(obsolete) To plan, intend. [14th-19thc.] 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book VII.2: "Fayre damesell, I thanke you hartely," seyde Sir Launcelot, "but truly," seyde he, "I caste me never to be wedded man." 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i: I wrapt my selfe in Palmers weed, / And cast to seeke him forth through daunger and great dreed. William Temple (1628–1699) The cloister […] had, I doubt not, been cast for [an orange-house].1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book VII.2: "Fayre damesell, I thanke you hartely," seyde Sir Launcelot, "but truly," seyde he, "I caste me never to be wedded man."1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i: I wrapt my selfe in Palmers weed, / And cast to seeke him forth through daunger and great dreed.William Temple (1628–1699) The cloister […] had, I doubt not, been cast for [an orange-house].(transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance). [from 18thc.] The director cast the part carefully.(transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor). The director cast John Smith as King Lear.To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan. to cast about for reasons Bible, Luke i.29 She […] cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.Bible, Luke i.29 She […] cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.(archaic) To impose; to bestow; to rest. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) The government I cast upon my brother. Bible, Psalms iv. 22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) The government I cast upon my brother.Bible, Psalms iv. 22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord.(archaic) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict. to be cast in damages Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850) She was cast to be hanged. Dr. Henry More (1614-1687) Were the case referred to any competent judge, they would inevitably be cast.Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850) She was cast to be hanged.Dr. Henry More (1614-1687) Were the case referred to any competent judge, they would inevitably be cast.To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide. a casting voice Robert South (1634–1716) How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious!Robert South (1634–1716) How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious!To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction. 1950, "A Global View", Time, 24 April: The threat of Russian barbarism sweeping over the free world will cast its ominous shadow over us for many, many years. 1960, Lawrence Durrell, Clea: A sudden thought cast a gloom over his countenance.1950, "A Global View", Time, 24 April: The threat of Russian barbarism sweeping over the free world will cast its ominous shadow over us for many, many years.1960, Lawrence Durrell, Clea: A sudden thought cast a gloom over his countenance.(archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry. [from 15thc.] 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.98: being with childe, they may without feare of accusation, spoyle and cast [transl. avorter] their children, with certaine medicaments, which they have only for that purpose. 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.20: The abortion of a woman they describe by an horse kicking a wolf; because a mare will cast her foal if she tread in the track of that animal.1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.98: being with childe, they may without feare of accusation, spoyle and cast [transl. avorter] their children, with certaine medicaments, which they have only for that purpose.1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.20: The abortion of a woman they describe by an horse kicking a wolf; because a mare will cast her foal if she tread in the track of that animal.To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. [from 15thc.] 1923, "Rodin's Death", Time, 24 March: One copy of the magnificent caveman, The Thinker, of which Rodin cast several examples in bronze, is seated now in front of the Detroit Museum of Art, where it was placed last autumn. (printing, dated) To stereotype or electrotype.1923, "Rodin's Death", Time, 24 March: One copy of the magnificent caveman, The Thinker, of which Rodin cast several examples in bronze, is seated now in front of the Detroit Museum of Art, where it was placed last autumn.(printing, dated) To stereotype or electrotype.To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.). [from 16thc.] Joseph Moxon (1627-1691) Stuff is said to cast or warp when […] it alters its flatness or straightness.Joseph Moxon (1627-1691) Stuff is said to cast or warp when […] it alters its flatness or straightness.(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. [from 18thc.]To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote). [from 19thc.](computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text. [from 20thc.] Casting is generally an indication of bad design.(hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent. [from 18thc.] 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber, 2005, p.50: He clambered on to an apron of rock that held its area out to the sun and began to cast across it. The direction of the wind changed and the scent touched him again.1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber, 2005, p.50: He clambered on to an apron of rock that held its area out to the sun and began to cast across it. The direction of the wind changed and the scent touched him again.(medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.(Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.

    • Synonyms:

    toss, pitch, shooting, heave, projection, lob, propulsion, sling, fling, hurl, thrust, ejection, expulsion, casting, slinging, heaving, flinging, tossing, pitching, hurling, launching, lobbing, thrusting, style, tone, hue, semblance, embodiment, visage, demeanor, stamp, tinge, mien, face, turn, countenance, tint, complexion, manner, air, expression, look, troupe, list, company, actresses, roles, players, parts, actors, characters, artists, dramatis personae, shape, sculpture, figure, embodiment, form, plaster, conformation, duplicate, replica, facsimile, copy, mold, drop, lob, impel, shed, shy, sling, fling, fire, toss, pitch, boot, chuck, drive, project, launch, hurl, thrust, peg, heave, bung, direct, shed, point, train, distribute, sprinkle, scatter, aim, spray, spread, spatter, deposit, bestow, radiate, strew, diffuse, count, compute, figure, reckon, sum, number, tot, forecast, add, foot, total, summate, choose, pick, appoint, blueprint, name, devise, arrange, allot, chart, detail, project, design, plan, determine, designate, assign, delegate, decide upon, give parts,

    Antonyms:

    catch, keeping, retention, white, catch, keeping, retention, catch, keeping, retention, original, catch, keeping, retention, dissuade, repress, keep, stop, catch, gather, receive, take, collect, gather, catch, receive, take, guess, estimate, subtract, catch, gather, receive, take, ignore, disorder, disorganize, withhold, neglect, keep, catch, gather, receive, take,

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