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Cast (verb)
To move, or be moved, away.
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Cast (verb)
To throw. from 13thc.
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Cast (verb)
To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea. from 14thc.
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Cast (verb)
Specifically, to throw down or aside. from 15thc.
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Cast (verb)
To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat. from 15thc.
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Cast (verb)
To cause (a horse or other large animal) to lie down with its legs underneath it.
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Cast (verb)
To remove, take off (clothes). from 14thc.
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Cast (verb)
To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
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Cast (verb)
To vomit.
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Cast (verb)
To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
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Cast (verb)
To direct (one’s eyes, gaze etc.). from 13thc.
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Cast (verb)
To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures. from 14thc.
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Cast (verb)
To predict, to decide, to plan.
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Cast (verb)
To throw out or emit; to exhale.
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Cast (verb)
To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.). from 14thc.
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Cast (verb)
To plan, intend. 14th-19thc.
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Cast (verb)
To assign (a role in a play or performance). from 18thc.
“The director cast the part carefully.”
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Cast (verb)
To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
“The director cast John Smith as King Lear.”
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Cast (verb)
To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
“to cast about for reasons”
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Cast (verb)
To impose; to bestow; to rest.
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Cast (verb)
To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict.
“to be cast in damages”
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Cast (verb)
To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
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Cast (verb)
To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
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Cast (verb)
To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry. from 15thc.
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Cast (verb)
To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. from 15thc.
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Cast (verb)
To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
“a casting voice”
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Cast (verb)
To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.). from 16thc.
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Cast (verb)
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.
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Cast (verb)
To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one’s vote). from 19thc.
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Cast (verb)
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.”
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Cast (verb)
Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent. from 18thc.
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Cast (verb)
To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
“some are still missing examples”
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Cast (verb)
To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
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Cast (noun)
An act of throwing.
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Cast (noun)
Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
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Cast (noun)
A small mass of earth “thrown off” or excreted by a worm.
“The area near the stream was covered with little bubbly worm casts.”
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Cast (noun)
The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
“He’s in the cast of Oliver.”
“The cast was praised for a fine performance.”
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Cast (noun)
The casting procedure.
“The men got into position for the cast, two at the ladle, two with long rods, all with heavy clothing.”
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Cast (noun)
An object made in a mould.
“The cast would need a great deal of machining to become a recognizable finished part.”
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Cast (noun)
A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
“The doctor put a cast on the boy’s broken arm.”
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Cast (noun)
The mould used to make cast objects.
“A plaster cast was made from his face.”
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Cast (noun)
The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
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Cast (noun)
A squint.
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Cast (noun)
Visual appearance.
“Her features had a delicate cast to them.”
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Cast (noun)
The form of one’s thoughts, mind etc.
“a cast of mind, a mental tendency.”
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Cast (noun)
An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.
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Cast (noun)
Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
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Cast (noun)
A group of crabs.
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Throw (verb)
To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
“throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider”
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Throw (verb)
To eject or cause to fall off.
“eject|throw off”
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Throw (verb)
To move to another position or condition; to displace.
“throw the switch”
“displace|relocate”
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Throw (verb)
To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
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Throw (verb)
to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
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Throw (verb)
To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
“If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid-operation exception.”
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Throw (verb)
To intentionally lose a game.
“The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match.”
“take a dive”
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Throw (verb)
To confuse or mislead.
“The deliberate red herring threw me at first.”
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Throw (verb)
To send desperately.
“Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle.”
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Throw (verb)
To imprison.
“The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail.”
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Throw (verb)
To organize an event, especially a party.
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Throw (verb)
To roll (a die or dice).
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Throw (verb)
To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
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Throw (verb)
To discard.
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Throw (verb)
To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
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Throw (verb)
To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
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Throw (verb)
To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
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Throw (verb)
To project or send forth.
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Throw (verb)
To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
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Throw (verb)
To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
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Throw (verb)
To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
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Throw (verb)
To install (a bridge).
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Throw (verb)
To twist or turn.
“a thrown nail”
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Throw (verb)
To give birth to.
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Throw (noun)
The flight of a thrown object.
“What a great throw by the quarterback!”
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Throw (noun)
The act of throwing something.
“With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow.”
“The gambler staked everything on one throw of the dice.”
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Throw (noun)
One’s ability to throw.
“He’s got a girl’s throw.”
“He’s always had a pretty decent throw.”
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Throw (noun)
A distance travelled; displacement.
“the throw of the piston”
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Throw (noun)
A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
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Throw (noun)
A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
“Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.”
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Throw (noun)
Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
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Throw (noun)
The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
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Throw (noun)
A moment, time, occasion.
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Throw (noun)
A period of time; a while.
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Cast (verb)
throw (something) forcefully in a specified direction
“individuals who do not accept the norms are cast out from the group”
“he cast the book down on to the chair angrily”
“the fishermen cast a large net around a school of tuna”
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Cast (verb)
throw the hooked and baited end of (a fishing line) out into the water.
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Cast (verb)
let down (an anchor or sounding line).
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Cast (verb)
direct (one’s eyes or a look) at something
“she cast him a desperate glance”
“she cast down her eyes”
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Cast (verb)
cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface
“the moon cast a pale light over the cottages”
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Cast (verb)
cause (uncertainty or disparagement) to be associated with something
“journalists cast doubt on the government’s version of events”
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Cast (verb)
discard
“he jumped in, casting caution to the wind”
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Cast (verb)
shed (skin or horns) in the process of growth
“the antlers are cast each year”
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Cast (verb)
(of a horse) lose (a shoe).
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Cast (verb)
shape (metal or other material) by pouring it into a mould while molten
“when hammered or cast, bronze could be made into tools”
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Cast (verb)
make (a moulded object) by casting metal
“a bell was cast for the church”
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Cast (verb)
arrange and present in a specified form or style
“he issued statements cast in tones of reason”
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Cast (verb)
register (a vote)
“votes have been cast in 40 per cent of the seats”
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Cast (verb)
cause (a magic spell) to take effect
“the city casts a spell on the visitor”
“the witch cast a spell on her to turn her into a beast”
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Cast (verb)
calculate and record details of (a horoscope)
“you can look at the star chart cast at somebody’s birth”
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Cast (verb)
(in country dancing) change one’s position by moving a certain number of places in a certain direction along the outside of the line in which one is dancing
“cross the set and cast down one place”
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Cast (verb)
(of a dog) search in different directions for a lost scent
“the dog cast furiously for the vanished rabbit”
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Cast (verb)
let loose (hounds) on a scent
“casting the hounds into cover, we stood and listened”
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Cast (verb)
immobilize (an animal, especially a cow) by using a rope to cause it to fall on its side.
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Cast (verb)
assign a part in a play or film to (an actor)
“he was cast as a young knight in her lavish historical epic”
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Cast (verb)
allocate parts in (a play or film)
“assembling a great baseball team is as tricky as casting a play”
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Cast (noun)
an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mould
“bronze casts of the sculpture”
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Cast (noun)
a mould used to make an object by casting
“the artist’s casts and moulds became the property of the museum”
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Cast (noun)
a bandage stiffened with plaster of Paris, moulded to the shape of a limb that is broken and used to support and protect it
“I had to spend a month in a cast”
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Cast (noun)
an act of throwing something forcefully
“he grabbed a spear for a third cast”
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Cast (noun)
a throw of a fishing line
“I swung the rod out for a cast”
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Cast (noun)
the leader of a fishing line.
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Cast (noun)
a throw or a number thrown at dice
“’tis no winning cast”
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Cast (noun)
the form or appearance of something, especially someone’s features or complexion
“she had a somewhat masculine cast of countenance”
“the colours he wore emphasized the olive cast of his skin”
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Cast (noun)
the character of something
“this question is for minds of a more philosophical cast than mine”
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Cast (noun)
a slight squint
“he had a cast in one eye”
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Cast (noun)
short for worm cast
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Cast (noun)
a pellet regurgitated by a hawk or owl.
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Cast (noun)
a wide search made by a hound or pack of hounds to find a trail.
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Cast (noun)
a wide sweep made by a sheepdog in mustering sheep.
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Cast (noun)
a pair or group of hawks or falcons
“he gave one thousand pounds for a cast of hawks”
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Cast (noun)
the actors taking part in a play, film, or other production
“he draws sensitive performances from his inexperienced cast”