What does CAST mean?

Definitions for CAST
kæst, kɑstcast

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word CAST.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. cast, cast of characters, dramatis personaenoun

    the actors in a play

  2. mold, mould, castnoun

    container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

  3. cast, mold, mould, stampnoun

    the distinctive form in which a thing is made

    "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region"

  4. form, shape, castnoun

    the visual appearance of something or someone

    "the delicate cast of his features"

  5. cast, plaster cast, plaster bandagenoun

    bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal

  6. cast, castingnoun

    object formed by a mold

  7. cast, rollnoun

    the act of throwing dice

  8. casting, castnoun

    the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel

  9. hurl, castverb

    a violent throw

  10. project, cast, contrive, throwverb

    put or send forth

    "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"

  11. castverb

    deposit

    "cast a vote"; "cast a ballot"

  12. castverb

    select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet

    "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona"

  13. hurl, hurtle, castverb

    throw forcefully

  14. castverb

    assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors

    "Who cast this beautiful movie?"

  15. roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabondverb

    move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

    "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"

  16. cast, mold, mouldverb

    form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold

    "cast a bronze sculpture"

  17. shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, dropverb

    get rid of

    "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"

  18. draw, castverb

    choose at random

    "draw a card"; "cast lots"

  19. frame, redact, cast, put, couchverb

    formulate in a particular style or language

    "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

  20. vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw upverb

    eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

    "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"

Wiktionary

  1. castnoun

    Visual appearance.

    Her features had a delicate cast to them.

  2. castnoun

    An act of throwing.

    Her features had a delicate cast to them.

  3. castnoun

    Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.

  4. castnoun

    The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.

  5. castnoun

    An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.

    The area near the stream was covered with little bubbly worm casts.

  6. castnoun

    A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.

    The area near the stream was covered with little bubbly worm casts.

  7. castnoun

    The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.

  8. castnoun

    Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.

  9. castnoun

    The casting procedure.

    The men got into position for the cast, two at the ladle, two with long rods, all with heavy clothing.

  10. castnoun

    A group of crabs.

    The men got into position for the cast, two at the ladle, two with long rods, all with heavy clothing.

  11. castnoun

    An object made in a mould.

    The cast would need a great deal of machining to become a recognizable finished part.

  12. castnoun

    A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.

    The doctor put a cast on the boy's broken arm.

  13. castnoun

    The mould used to make cast objects

    A plaster cast was made of his face.

  14. castnoun

    A squint.

  15. castverb

    To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches

  16. castverb

    To throw.

  17. castverb

    To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).

  18. castverb

    To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.

  19. castverb

    To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.

  20. castverb

    To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).

  21. castverb

    To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).

  22. castverb

    To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.

  23. castverb

    To plan, intend (to do something).

  24. castverb

    To remove, take off (clothes).

  25. castverb

    Specifically, to throw down or aside.

  26. castverb

    To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.

  27. castverb

    To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.

  28. castverb

    To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.

  29. castverb

    To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).

  30. castverb

    To assign a role in a play or performance.

    The director cast the part carefully.

  31. castverb

    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.

  32. castverb

    To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).

  33. castverb

    To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.

    Casting is generally an indication of bad design.

  34. castverb

    Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.

  35. castverb

    To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.

  36. castverb

    To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.

  37. Etymology: From casten, from kasta, from kastōnan, of unknown origin. Cognate with cast, kaste, kasta, kasta. It displaced native warp; and has in literal senses itself been generally displaced by throw.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Castnoun

    Etymology: from the verb.

    So when a sort of lusty shepherds throw
    The bar by turns, and none the rest outgo
    So far, but that the rest are measuring casts,
    Their emulation and their pastime lasts. Edmund Waller.

    Yet all these dreadful deeds, this deadly fray,
    A cast of dreadful dust will soon allay. John Dryden, Virgil.

    Some harrow their ground over, and sow wheat or rye on it with a broad cast; some only with a single cast, and some with a double. John Mortimer.

    In his own instance of casting ambs-ace, though it partake more of contingency than of freedom; supposing the positure of the party’s hand, who did throw the dice; supposing the figure of the table, and of the dice themselves; supposing the measure of force applied, and supposing all other things which did concur to the production of that cast, to be the very same they were, there is no doubt but, in this case, the cast is necessary. John Bramhall, Answer to Hobbes.

    Plato compares life to a game at tables; there what cast we shall have is not in our power, but to manage it well, that is. John Norris.

    And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down and prayed. Luke, xxii. 41.

    We have them all with one voice for giving him a cast of their court prophecy. South.

    Another cast of their politicks, was that of endeavouring to impeach an innocent lady, for her faithful and diligent service of the queen. Jonathan Swift, Examiner, №. 19.

    This was a cast of Wood’s politicks; for his information was wholly false and groundless, which he knew very well. Jonathan Swift.

    Pity causeth sometimes tears, and a flexion or cast of the eye aside; for pity is but grief in another’s behalf; the cast of the eye is a gesture of aversion, or lothness, to behold the object of pity. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    If any man desires to look on this doctrine of gravity, let him turn the first cast of his eyes on what we have said of fire. Kenelm Digby, on the Soul.

    There held in holy passion still,
    Forget thyself to marble, till,
    With a sad leaden downward cast,
    Thou fix them on the earth as fast. John Milton.

    They are the best epitomes in the world, and let you see, with one cast of an eye, the substance of above an hundred pages. Joseph Addison, on ancient Medals.

    Were it good,
    To set the exact wealth of all our states
    All at one cast; to set so rich a main
    On the nice hazard of some doubtful hour? William Shakespeare, H. IV.

    In the last war, has it not sometimes been an even cast, whether the army should march this way or that way? South.

    When you have brought them to the very last cast, they will offer to come to you, and submit themselves. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

    With better grace an ancient chief may yield
    The long contended honours of the field,
    Than venture all his fortune at a cast,
    And fight, like Hannibal, to lose at last. Dryden.

    Will you turn recreant at the last cast? you must along. John Dryden, Spanish Friar.

    The whole would have been an heroick poem, but in another cast and figure, than any that ever had been written before. Matthew Prior.

    A flaky mass, grey, with a cast of green, in which the talky matter makes the greatest part of the mass. John Woodward.

    The qualities of blood in a healthy state are to be florid, the red part congealing, and the serum ought to be without any greenish cast. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

    The native hue of resolution
    Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

    New names, new dressings, and the modern cast,
    Some scenes, some persons alter’d, and outfac’d
    The world. John Denham.

    Pretty conceptions, fine metaphors, glittering expressions, and something of a neat cast of verse, are properly the dress, gems, or loose ornaments of poetry. Alexander Pope, Letters.

    Neglect not the little figures and turns on the words, nor sometimes the very cast of the periods; neither omit or confound any rites or customs of antiquity. Alexander Pope, Ess. on Homer.

    A cast of merlins there was besides, which, flying of a gallant height over certain bushes, would beat the birds that rose, down unto the bushes, as falcons will do wild fowl over a river. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

  2. To CASTverb

    preter. cast; particip. pass. cast.

    Etymology: kaster, Danish.

    I rather chuse to endure the wounds of those darts, which envy casteth at novelty, than to go on safely and sleepily in the easy ways of ancient mistakings. Walter Raleigh, Hist. of the World.

    They had compassed in his host, and cast darts at the people from morning till evening. 1 Macc. vii. 80.

    Then cast thy sword away,
    And yield thee to my mercy, or I strike. John Dryden.

    Old Capulet, and Montague,
    Have made Verona’s ancient citizens
    Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments. William Shakespeare.

    I have bought
    Golden opinion from all sort of people,
    Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,
    Not cast aside so soon. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    When men, presuming themselves to be the only masters of right reason, cast by the votes and opinions of the rest of mankind, as not worthy of reckoning. John Locke.

    And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh. Josh. xviii. 10.

    Bear him to the rock Tarpeian, and from thence
    Into destruction cast him. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

    And I think, being too strong for him, though he took my legs sometime, yet I made a shift to cast him. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    I speak for your own profit, not that I may cast a snare upon you. 1 Cor. vii. 35.

    They let down the boat into the sea, as though they would have cast anchor. Acts, xxvii. 30.

    His friends contend to embalm his body, his enemies, that they may cast it to the dogs. Alexander Pope, Essay on Homer.

    Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. Acts, xxvii. 26.

    What length of lands, what ocean have you pass’d,
    What storms sustain’d, and on what shore been cast? Dryd.

    And shooting in the earth, casts up a mount of clay. Edmund Spenser, Fairy Queen, b. i. c. viii. stanz. 9.

    The king of Assyria shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. 2 Kings, xix. 32.

    At length Barbarossa having cast up his trenches, landed fifty-four pieces of artillery for battery. Richard Knolles, History.

    Earth-worms will come forth, and moles will cast up more, and fleas bite more, against rain. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

    Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison. Matt. iv. 12.

    At thy rebuke both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. Psalm lxxvi. 6.

    But oh, that treacherous breast! to whom weak you
    Did trust our counsels, and we both may rue,
    Having his falsehood found too late, ’twas he
    That made me cast you guilty, and you me. John Donne.

    We take up with the most incompetent witnesses, nay, often suborn our own surmises and jealousies, that we may be sure to cast the unhappy criminal. Governm. of the Tongue, § 6.

    He could not, in this forlorn case, have made use of the very last plea of a cast criminal; nor so much as have cried, Mercy! Lord, mercy! South.

    There then we met; both try’d, and both were cast,
    And this irrevocable sentence past. John Dryden, Theod. and Hon.

    The northern men were agreed, and, in effect, all the other, to cast our London escheatour. William Camden, Remains.

    Were the case referred to any competent judge, they would inevitably be cast. Decay of Piety.

    No martial project to surprise,
    Can ever be attempted twice;
    Nor cast design serve afterwards,
    As gamesters tear their losing cards. Hudibras, p. iii. c. iii.

    You are but now cast in his mood, a punishment more in policy than in malice; even so as one would beat his offenceless dog, to affright an imperious lion. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    In short, so swift your judgments turn and wind,
    You cast our fleetest wits a mile behind. Dryden.

    Our chariot lost her wheels, their points our spears,
    The bird of conquest her chief feather cast. Edward Fairfax, b. iii.

    Of plants some are green all winter, others cast their leaves. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 592.

    The casting of the skin is, by the ancients, compared to the breaking curd of the secundine, or cawl, but not rightly; for that were to make every casting of the skin a new birth: and besides, the secundine is but a general cover, not shaped according to the parts, but the skin is shaped according to the parts. The creatures that cast the skin, are the snake, the viper, the grashopper, the lizzard, the silkworm, &c. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 732.

    O fertile head, which ev’ry year
    Could such a crop of wonders bear!
    Which might it never have been cast,
    Each year’s growth added to the last,
    These lofty branches had supply’d
    The earth’s bold sons prodigious pride. Edmund Waller.

    The waving harvest bends beneath his blast,
    The forest shakes, the groves their honours cast. Dryden.

    From hence, my lord, and love, I thus conclude,
    That though my homely ancestors were rude,
    Mean as I am, yet may I have the grace
    To make you father of a generous race: And noble then am I, when I begin,
    In virtue cloath’d, to cast the rags of sin. John Dryden, W. of B.

    The ladies have been in a kind of moulting season, having cast great quantities of ribbon and cambrick, and reduced the human figure to the beautiful globular form. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

    So may cast poets write; there’s no pretension
    To argue loss of wit, from loss of pension. John Dryden, D. Seb.

    He has ever been of opinion, that giving cast clothes to be worn by valets, has a very ill effect upon little minds. Addison.

    Thy ews and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. Gen. xxxi. 38.

    Which being inclined, not constrained, contain within themselves the casting act, and a power to command the conclusion. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iv. c. 13.

    How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious. South.

    Life and death are equal in themselves,
    That which could cast the balance, is thy falshood. Dryden.

    Not many years ago, it so happened, that a cobler had the casting vote for the life of a criminal, which he very graciously gave on the merciful side. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

    Suppose your eyes sent equal rays
    Upon two distant pots of ale,
    In this sad state, your doubtful choice
    Would never have the casting voice. Matthew Prior.

    Hearts, tongues, figure, scribes, bards, poets, cannot
    Think, speak, cast, write, sing, number, ho!
    His love to Antony. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra.

    Here is now the smith’s note for shoeing and plow-irons. —— Let it be cast and paid. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

    You cast th’ event of war, my noble lord,
    And summ’d th’ account of chance, before you said,
    Let us make head. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

    The best way to represent to life the manifold use of friendship, is to cast and see how many things there are, which a man cannot do himself. Francis Bacon, Essays.

    I have lately been casting in my thoughts the several unhappinesses of life, and comparing the infelicities of old age to those of infancy. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 131.

    The cloister facing the South, is covered with vines, and would have been proper for an orange-house; and had, I doubt not, been cast for that purpose, if this piece of gardening had been then in as much vogue as it is now. William Temple.

    If thou couldst, doctor, cast
    The water of my land, find her disease,
    And purge it to a sound and pristine health,
    I would applaud thee to the very echo,
    That should applaud again. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Peace, brother, be not over exquisite
    To cast the fashion of uncertain evils. John Milton.

    Our parts in the other world will be new cast, and mankind will be there ranged in different stations of superiority. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 219.

    Zelmanes’s languishing countenance, with crossed arms, and sometimes cast up eyes, she thought to have an excellent grace. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

    As he past along,
    How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me. William Shakespeare, H. VIII.

    Begin, auspicious boy, to cast about
    Thy infant eyes, and, with a smile, thy mother single out. John Dryden, Virgil, Past. iv.

    Far eastward cast thine eye, from whence the sun,
    And orient science, at a birth begun. Alexander Pope, Dunciad.

    He then led me to the rock, and, placing me on the top of it, Cast thy eyes eastward, said he, and tell me what thou seest. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 159.

    When any such curious work of silver is to be cast, as requires that the impression of hairs, or very slender lines, be taken off by the metal, it is not enough, that the silver be barely melted; but it must be kept a considerable while in a strong fusion. Boyle.

    How to build ships, and dreadful ordnance cast,
    Instruct the artist. Edmund Waller.

    The father’s grief restrain’d his art;
    He twice essay’d to cast his son in gold,
    Twice from his hands he dropp’d the forming mould. John Dryden, Æneid vi.

    Yon’ croud, he might reflect, yon’ joyful croud
    With restless rage would pull my statue down,
    And cast the brass anew to his renown. Matthew Prior.

    This was but as a refiner’s fire, to purge out the dross, and then cast the mass again into a new mould. Thomas Burnet, Theory.

    We may take a quarter of a mile for the common measure of the depth of the sea, if it were cast into a channel of an equal depth every where. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

    Under this influence, derived from mathematical studies, some have been tempted to cast all their logical, their metaphysical, and their theological and moral learning into this method. Isaac Watts, Logick.

    So bright a splendour, so divine a grace,
    The glorious Daphnis casts on his illustrious race. Dryden.

    We may happen to find a fairer light cast over the same scriptures, and see reason to alter our sentiments even in some points of moment. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

    The reason of mankind cannot suggest any solid ground of satisfaction, but in making God our friend, and in carrying a conscience so clear, as may encourage us, with confidence, to cast ourselves upon him. South.

    The world is apt to cast great blame on those who have an indifferency for opinions, especially in religion. John Locke.

    Sir Francis Drake, and John Thomas, meeting with a storm, it thrust John Thomas upon the islands to the South, where he was cast away. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

    His father Philip had, by like mishap, been like to have been cast away upon the coast of England. Richard Knolles, History.

    With pity mov’d, for others cast away
    On rocks of hope and fears. Wentworth Dillon.

    But now our fears tempestuous grow,
    And cast our hopes away;
    Whilst you, regardless of our woe,
    Sit careless at a play. Dorset.

    They that want means to nourish children, will abstain from marriage; or, which is all one, they cast away their bodies upon rich old women. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

    France, hast thou yet more blood to cast away?
    Say, shall the current of our right run on? William Shakespeare, K. J.

    He might be silent, and not cast away
    His sentences in vain. Ben Jonson, Catiline.

    O Marcia, O my sister, still there's hope!
    Our father will not cast away a life,
    So needful to us all, and to his country. Joseph Addison, Cato.

    It is no impossible thing for states, by an oversight in some one act or treaty between them and their potent opposites, utterly to cast away themselves for ever. Richard Hooker, b. iii. § 10.

    We're not the first,
    Who, with best meaning, have incurr'd the worst;
    For thee, oppressed king, I am cast down;
    Myself could else outfrown false fortune's frown. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    The best way will be to let him see you are much cast down, and afflicted, for the ill opinion he entertains of you. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 171.

    The prince will, in the perfectness of time,
    Cast off his followers. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

    He led me on to mightiest deeds,
    But now hath cast me off, as never known. John Milton, Agonistes.

    How! not call him father? I see preferment alters a man strangely; this may serve me for an use of instruction, to cast off my father, when I am great. John Dryden, Spanish Friar.

    I long to clasp that haughty maid,
    And bend her stubborn virtue to my passion:
    When I have gone thus far, I'd cast her off. Joseph Addison, Cato.

    It is not to be imagined, that a whole society of men should publickly and professedly disown, and cast off a rule, which they could not but be infallibly certain was a law. John Locke.

    All conspired in one to cast off their subjection to the crown of England. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

    This maketh them, through an unweariable desire of receiving instruction, to cast off the care of those very affairs, which do most concern their estate. Richard Hooker, Preface.

    The true reason why any man is an atheist, is because he is a wicked man: religion would curb him in his lusts; and therefore he casts it off, and puts all the scorn upon it he can. John Tillotson, Serm. ii.

    Company, in any action, gives credit and countenance to the agent; and so much as the sinner gets of this, so much he casts off of shame. South.

    We see they never fail to exert themselves, and to cast off the oppression, when they feel the weight of it. Addison.

    Away he scours cross the fields, casts off the dogs, and gains a wood; but, pressing through a thicket, the bushes held him by the horns, till the hounds came in, and plucked him down. Roger L'Estrange, Fab. xliii.

    Thy brat hath been cast out, like to itself, no father owning it. William Shakespeare, Winter's Tale.

    Why dost thou cast out such ungenerous terms
    Against the lords and sovereigns of the world? Joseph Addison, Cato.

    Some writers, in casting up the goods most desirable in life, have given them this rank, health, beauty, and riches. William Temple.

    A man who designs to build, is very exact, as he supposes, in casting up the cost beforehand; but, generally speaking, he is mistaken in his account. John Dryden, Fab. Preface.

    Thou, beastly feeder, art so full of him,
    That thou provok'st thyself to cast him up. William Shakespeare, H. IV.

    Their villainy goes against my weak stomach, and therefore I must cast it up. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

    O, that in time Rome did not cast
    Her errours up, this fortune to prevent. Ben Jonson, Catil.

    Thy foolish errour find;
    Cast up the poison that infects thy mind. Dryden.

  3. To Castverb

    Then closely as he might, he cast to leave
    The court, not asking any pass or leave. Edmund Spenser.

    From that day forth, I cast in careful mind,
    To seek her out with labour and long time. Fairy Q. b. i.

    We have three that bend themselves, looking into the experiments of their fellows, and cast about how to draw out of them things of use and practice for man’s life and knowledge. Francis Bacon, New Atlantis.

    But first he casts to change his proper shape;
    Which else might work him danger or delay. Par. L. b. iii.

    As a fox, with hot pursuit
    Chas’d through a warren, cast about
    To save his credit. Hudibras, p. ii. cant. iii.

    All events, called casual, among inanimate bodies, are mechanically produced according to the determinate figures, textures, and motions of those bodies, which are not conscious of their own operations, nor contrive and cast about how to bring such events to pass. Richard Bentley.

    This way and that I cast to save my friends,
    Till one resolve my varying counsel ends. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

    It comes at the first fusion into a mass that is immediately malleable, and will not run thin, so as to cast and mould, unless mixed with poorer ore, or cinders. John Woodward, on Fossils.

    Stuff is said to cast or warp, when, by its own drought, or moisture of the air, or other accident, it alters its flatness and straightness. Joseph Moxon, Mechanical Exercises.

ChatGPT

  1. cast

    A cast is a solid or rigid item specifically shaped or formed, often from a liquid substance that is then hardened to replicate the form or shape of the mold it was placed in. This process is used in various industries such as theater, art, medicine, and manufacturing. Additionally, in performing arts, a cast refers to the group of actors who perform in a particular play, film, or television show.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cast

    of Cast

  2. Castverb

    to send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel

  3. Castverb

    to direct or turn, as the eyes

  4. Castverb

    to drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot

  5. Castverb

    to throw down, as in wrestling

  6. Castverb

    to throw up, as a mound, or rampart

  7. Castverb

    to throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose

  8. Castverb

    to bring forth prematurely; to slink

  9. Castverb

    to throw out or emit; to exhale

  10. Castverb

    to cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject

  11. Castverb

    to impose; to bestow; to rest

  12. Castverb

    to dismiss; to discard; to cashier

  13. Castverb

    to compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope

  14. Castverb

    to contrive; to plan

  15. Castverb

    to defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages

  16. Castverb

    to turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice

  17. Castverb

    to form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets

  18. Castverb

    to stereotype or electrotype

  19. Castverb

    to fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part

  20. Castverb

    to throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook

  21. Castverb

    to turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh

  22. Castverb

    to consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons

  23. Castverb

    to calculate; to compute

  24. Castverb

    to receive form or shape in a mold

  25. Castverb

    to warp; to become twisted out of shape

  26. Castverb

    to vomit

  27. Cast

    3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth

  28. Castnoun

    the act of casting or throwing; a throw

  29. Castnoun

    the thing thrown

  30. Castnoun

    the distance to which a thing is or can be thrown

  31. Castnoun

    a throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture

  32. Castnoun

    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

  33. Castnoun

    the act of casting in a mold

  34. Castnoun

    an impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern

  35. Castnoun

    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

  36. Castnoun

    form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance

  37. Castnoun

    a tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade

  38. Castnoun

    a chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift

  39. Castnoun

    the assignment of parts in a play to the actors

  40. Castnoun

    a flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand

  41. Castnoun

    a stoke, touch, or trick

  42. Castnoun

    a motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint

  43. Castnoun

    a tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold

  44. Castnoun

    four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp

  45. Castnoun

    contrivance; plot, design

  46. Etymology: [Cf. Icel., Dan., & Sw. kast.]

Wikidata

  1. Cast

    Cast are an English rock band from Liverpool, formed in 1992 by John Power and Peter Wilkinson after Power left The La's and Wilkinson's former band Shack had split. Following early line-ups with different guitarists and drummers, Liam "Skin" Tyson and Keith O'Neill joined Cast in 1993. Emerging from the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s, Cast signed to Polydor Records and their debut album All Change became the highest selling album for the label. Further commercial success continued with the albums Mother Nature Calls and Magic Hour, however the band's fourth album Beetroot was far less successful which led to the band's split soon after. Cast reunited for a UK tour in November 2010. Their 2012 album Troubled Times received mixed reviews and was not a commercial success. Noel Gallagher of Oasis described watching the band live as being like a "religious experience". It has been suggested that the name "Cast" was taken from the final word on The La's eponymous album, John Power has since confirmed this to be true, stating that he avoided answering this question for some time.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Cast

    kast, v.t. to throw or fling: to throw off, shed, drop: to throw down: to throw together or reckon: to mould or shape: (B.) to consider, to cast or throw up.—v.i. to warp:—pa.t. and pa.p. cast.—n. act of casting: a throw of anything, as the sounding-lead, a fishing-line: the thing thrown, esp. in angling: the distance thrown: a motion, turn, or squint, as of the eye: a chance: a mould: the form received from a mould: manner, stamp, or quality: a shade of colour, a degree of guilt, &c.: the assignment of the various parts of a play to the several actors: the company of actors to whom such have been assigned.—n. Cast′away, one cast away, an outcast.—adj. worthless, rejected.—adjs. Cast (B.), Cast′ed (Shak.), cast off.—ns. Cast′ing, act of casting or moulding: that which is cast: a mould; Cast′ing-net, a species of net for fishing; Cast′ing-vote, the voice or vote of the president of a meeting, by which he is enabled, when the other votes are equally divided, to cast the balance on the one side or the other; Cast′ing-weight, the weight which makes the balance cast or turn when exactly poised.—adj. Cast′-off, laid aside or rejected.—n. anything thrown aside.—n. Cast′-steel, steel that has been melted, cast into ingots, and rolled out into bars.—Cast about, to contrive, to look about, to search for, as game: (B.) to turn, to go round; Cast a nativity, to make an astrological calculation; Cast anchor, to moor a ship; Cast an eye, a glance, to look at; Cast a thing in one's teeth, to bring a reproach against some one; Cast away, to wreck, to waste; Cast down, to deject or depress in mind: to turn the eyes downward; Cast loose, to set loose or adrift; Cast up, to throw up, to bring up anything as a reproach.—Be cast (law), to be defeated.—The last cast, the last venture. [Scand.; as Ice. kasta, to throw.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. cast

    A coast term meaning four, as applied to haddocks, herrings, &c. Also, the appearance of the sky when day begins to break. A cast of pots, &c.--A'cast, when a ship's yards are braced a'cast preparatory to weighing. Also condemned, cast by survey, &c.

  2. cast

    A short boat passage.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CAST

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cast is ranked #20937 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Cast surname appeared 1,258 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cast.

    81.5% or 1,026 total occurrences were White.
    9.7% or 122 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    5.5% or 70 total occurrences were Black.
    1.3% or 17 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.1% or 14 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.7% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'CAST' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3303

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'CAST' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4832

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'CAST' in Nouns Frequency: #2829

  4. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'CAST' in Verbs Frequency: #503

Anagrams for CAST »

  1. acts

  2. Acts

  3. cats

  4. Cats

  5. scat

  6. TACS

  7. TCAs

  8. TCAS

  9. TSCA

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CAST in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CAST in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of CAST in a Sentence

  1. Fernand Amandi:

    When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing? Even though Fidel Castro did it? Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, has refused to back down from his comments arguing during Tuesday nights debate in South Carolina that former President Barack Obama had once praised the Castro regimes progress on education and healthcare. The Vermont lawmaker said there is a reticence among Americans to look back at Washingtons own history of overthrowing foreign governments and supporting dictators. It might be a good idea to be honest of American foreign policy and that is the American government helped overthrow governments in Chile, Nicaragua, and Iran, Sanders said in reference to U.S. support in overthrowing leaders in those countries in the 1970s and 80s. Sanders reference to Obama did not sit well with former Vice President Joe Biden, who claimed that his boss never embraced an authoritarian regime, while former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg lamented that the candidates were debating about Cold War-era policies. This is not about what coups happened in the 1970s and 80s, this is about the future, Buttigieg said. Sanders comments about the Castro regime could play a large role in how he fares in Floridas March 17 primary. Sanders socialist identification and his willingness to praise leftist regimes have given his Democratic opponents ammunition to question his electability in a state with a large Cuban American population that remains fiercely skeptical of leftist governments. In Florida, where Hispanics account for nearly one in every five voters, that skepticism could present a major hurdle for Sanders in the states primary, and for Democrats hoping to win Floridas 29 electoral votes in November. According to an Associated Press survey, about a third of Cuban American midterm voters identified as Democrats. However, Democrats hardly have a lock on that vote in battleground Florida, particularly among the nearly 2 million Floridians of Cuban, Venezuelan and Nicaraguan origin. In 2018, Republican Ron DeSantis narrowly won Floridas governors mansion. While more than two-fifths of Florida Latinos voters favored DeSantis overall, a clear majority of Cuban American voters 57 percent cast their support for the Republican. Critics say Sanders needs to more strongly disavow Cuba and other authoritarian regimes. Its not just about Cuban American voters, its Hispanic voters as well, many of whom would never consider voting for an avowed socialist ....

  2. Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller:

    The cast and crew of Breaking Bad changed American television and have had an unmistakable role in our city's meteoric rise in the film industry, in Albuquerque, they've been our friends and neighbors for the past decade and a half, and we'll always be grateful to this team.

  3. Charles Casillo:

    His career suffered, his drug and alcohol levels took off. He became harder and harder to cast. His physical condition deteriorated to the point that no insurance company wanted to get involved. And no director wanted to hire him because he couldn’t get insured. But Elizabeth fought for him. She put her career on the line to make sure that he always got his chance to work. She became the most powerful person in Hollywood and she used her influence to make sure that Monty could still work.

  4. Clarence Thomas:

    , } The woman, we all know, was Anita Hill. And I was there as her story unfolded. Twenty-seven years ago, on Yom Kippur eve, I testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in my role as President of the Women's Legal Defense Fund, which became National Partnership for Women Families for Women Families. I was joined by wonderful colleagues, including Professor Patricia King of Georgetown University and Marcia Greenberger, co-president of the National Women's Law Center. At the time I testified that Judge Clarence Thomas appeared to lack a demonstrated commitment to equal justice. I stated that Judge Clarence Thomas record cast grave doubt on Judge Clarence Thomas commitment to affirm and support fundamental principles of equal employment opportunity, the constitutional protections against gender discrimination and reproductive freedom. Judge Clarence Thomas record had shown an extensive pattern of disregard of principles of fundamental importance to women and Women Families. The ugly double standard over Kavanaughs so-called youthRead MoreOf course, the parallels between then and now are unmistakable. Shortly after my testimony, Hill's story was leaked to the press, and Anita Hill was asked to testify before the Senate. What happened next continues to be one of the most disgraceful episodes in our country's modern history. Anita Hill came before the Senate and was greeted by an all-male panel, led by Republicans who sought to prosecute Anita Hill, while Democrats, at best, remained neutral fact-finders. This phony trial resulted in a gross imbalance of power and meant that no one defended Anita Hill and no one prosecuted Judge Clarence Thomas. What was on trial was not the fitness of Judge Clarence Thomas to be the next Supreme Court justice but instead Hill's moral character and reputation as a woman. Immediately after the hearing, it was branded as a.

  5. Cara Maas:

    Whoever gets cast will be amazing. (Miranda) will put the best person in place to do the role, someone just as talented as he is, it's a dream come true.

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Translations for CAST

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  • يوزع الادوار على الممثلين, يرمي, يطرح, صب, رمى, المصبوبArabic
  • гіпсBelarusian
  • гипс, калъп, отливка, хвърлям, мятам, отливамBulgarian
  • motlle, llançament, repartimentCatalan, Valencian
  • odlitek, odlít, lítCzech
  • kasteDanish
  • Gips, Ensemble, Besetzung, Gipsverband, Cast, gießen, wegwerfen, werfen, hinwerfenGerman
  • γύψος, νάρθηκαςGreek
  • rolularoEsperanto
  • escayola, reparto, elenco, yeso, sondar, castear, sondear, lanzarSpanish
  • valu, karsastus, näyttelijä, valumuotti, heite, lasta, valos, piirre, lastoitus, keko, muotti, heitto, oksennuspallo, kipsi, valaminen, ilme, kokoonpano, siristely, parvi, [[hakea]] [[vainu]], laskea yhteen, riisua, lukea, roolittaa, heittää menemään, heittää, [[antaa]] [[ääni]], langettaa, taivuttaa, katsella, loihtia, [[saada]] [[keskenmeno]], [[valita]] [[näyttelijät]], taikoa, luoda, lastoittaa, [[antaa]] [[rooli]], katsoa, loitsia, [[pudottaa]] [[karva, paiskata, laatia, [[jakaa]] [[roolit]], [[heittää]] [[pois]], luodata, [[vaihtaa]] [[muuttujatyyppi]], laskea, aikoa, vääntää, [[suunnata]] [[katseen, valaa, äänestääFinnish
  • kastaFaroese
  • jet, strabisme, plâtre, forme, moule, moulage, lancer, jeter, plâtrer, fondre, transtyper, muer, voter, sommer, couler, retyper, additionner, diriger, sonderFrench
  • foireann aisteoirí, foireannIrish
  • գցել, նետել, շպրտել, ձուլելArmenian
  • gips, melemparkanIndonesian
  • varpa, fleygja, kastaIcelandic
  • ingessatura, forma, cast, calco, stampo, gesso, lanciare, fondere, gettare, colare, tirareItalian
  • ללהקHebrew
  • ギブス, ギプス, 演奏, 投げる, 投じるJapanese
  • ಎರಕKannada
  • 깁스Korean
  • داڕشتنKurdish
  • spalk, casting, schijn, zijwaartse, rolverdeling, cast, mal, gips, bezetting, blik, rolbezetting, vorm, afgietsel, casten, geven, uitgooien, rol, afwerpen, neergooien, werpen, gieten, een, afweren, gooien, peilen, omzetten, smijten, toewijzenDutch
  • støypeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • gips, kaste, støype, støpeNorwegian
  • molde, moldado, elenco, gesso, moldar, tacar, lançar, arremessar, escalarPortuguese
  • hich'ayQuechua
  • [[соста́в]] [[исполнитель, гипс, сле́пок, ка́стинг, отли́вка, косогла́зие, [[распределе́ние]] [[роль, [[в]] [[роль, фо́рма, бросо́к, подсчита́ть, швырну́ть, ки́дать, посчита́ть, заки́нуть, бро́сить, отли́ть, забро́сить, просумми́ровать, вы́кинуть, заки́дывать, броса́ть, сумми́ровать, отлива́ть, забра́сывать, сбро́сить, швыря́ть, подсчи́тывать, кида́ть, сбра́сывать, счита́тьRussian
  • rollbesättning, gjutform, gips, rollsättning, form, casting, rollfördelning, rollinnehavare, rollbesätta, gjuta, loda, besätta, kastaSwedish
  • гіпсUkrainian
  • Chinese

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