What does cast off mean?
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cast off
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Princeton's WordNet
cast-off(a), discarded, throwaway(a), thrown-away(a)verb
thrown away
"wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture"
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"
cast offverb
make the last row of stitches when knitting
Wiktionary
cast offverb
To discard or reject something.
cast offverb
To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf etc) so that the vessel may make way.
cast offverb
To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
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cast off
Cast off is a versatile phrase used commonly in knitting, boating and theatre. 1) In knitting, cast off refers to the process of removing stitches from the needle to secure and complete the knitted item. 2) In boating, cast off means to untie or release a boat from its mooring, allowing it to set sail. 3) In theatre, it refers to dismissing an actor from a production. More generally, to cast off means to discard or let go of something or someone.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cast off in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cast off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of cast off in a Sentence
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserved; it is life's undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room, from which we go forth to more careful and guarded intercourse, leaving behind us much debris of cast-off and everyday clothing.
I'd like companies to start making sure that they hire more trans people, the way it is right now, a lot of trans women are really kind of cast off to the side.
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