cast

Meaning

Verb

1. (literary, physical) To move, or be moved, away.
2. (physical) To move, or be moved, away.
3. (physical) To move, or be moved, away.
4. (physical) To move, or be moved, away.
5. (physical) To move, or be moved, away.
6. (physical) To move, or be moved, away.
7. (physical) To move, or be moved, away.
8. (obsolete, physical) To move, or be moved, away.
9. (archaic, physical) To move, or be moved, away.
10. (archaic, physical) To move, or be moved, away.
11. To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
12. To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
13. To predict, to decide, to plan.
14. (obsolete) To predict, to decide, to plan.
15. (transitive) To predict, to decide, to plan.
16. (transitive) To predict, to decide, to plan.
17. (transitive) To predict, to decide, to plan.
18. To predict, to decide, to plan.
19. (archaic) To predict, to decide, to plan.
20. (archaic) To predict, to decide, to plan.
21. To predict, to decide, to plan.
22. To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
23. To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
24. (archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.
25. To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
26. (dated) To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
27. To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
28. 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.
29. To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
30. To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
31. Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
32. To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
33. To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
34. To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.

Noun

1. An act of throwing.
2. The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
3. An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
4. Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
5. A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
6. The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
7. The casting procedure.
8. An object made in a mould.
9. A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
10. The mould used to make cast objects.
11. The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
12. A squint.
13. Visual appearance.
14. The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
15. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of caste (“hereditary social class of South Asia”).
16. Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
17. A group of crabs.
18. The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
19. A chance or attempt at something.
20. (archaic, colloquial) Assistance given by transporting a person or lightening their labour.

Adj

Of an animal, such as a horse or sheep: Lying in a position from which it cannot rise on its own.

Synonyms

throw

fling

hurl

toss

mold

mould

pitch

thrown

found

throw away

spread

form

project

shed

heave

shape

draw

sling

plaster cast

casting

hurled

chuck

launch

send

scatter

shake off

tint

roll

drop

tinge

figure

plaster

throwing

pigment

pelt

pigmentation

chromaticity

melt

discard

matrix

lot

discharge

flung

throw off

hue

gypsum

regurgitate

regorge

reject

forecast

Translations

gettare

jeter

werfen

lanciare

lanzar

tirar

werpen

fondere

gießen

fondre

couler

echar

moule

lançar

arrojar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɑːst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: casten

Cognate with Scots: cast

Cognate with Danish: kaste

Cognate with Swedish: kasta

Cognate with Icelandic: kasta

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *kas-
Proto-Germanic *kastōną
Old Norse kastabor.
Middle English casten
English cast
From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin.
Cognate with Scots cast (“to cast, throw”), Danish kaste (“to throw”), Swedish kasta (“to throw, cast, fling, toss, discard”), Icelandic kasta (“to pitch, toss”). In the sense of "flinging", displaced native warp.
The senses relating to broadcasting are based on that same term; compare -cast.

Sentences

Other versets are only occasionally cast in this form .

This image was made of cast bronze and gilded with gold .

It features most of the main cast collectively playing musical instruments as a band .