cast
Meaning
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- To move, or be moved, away.
- To move, or be moved, away.
- To move, or be moved, away.
- To move, or be moved, away.
- To move, or be moved, away.
- To move, or be moved, away.
- (obsolete) To move, or be moved, away.
- To move, or be moved, away.
- To move, or be moved, away.
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- To predict, to decide, to plan.
- (obsolete) To predict, to decide, to plan.
- To predict, to decide, to plan.
- To predict, to decide, to plan.
- To predict, to decide, to plan.
- To predict, to decide, to plan.
- To predict, to decide, to plan.
- To predict, to decide, to plan.
- To predict, to decide, to plan.
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- 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.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɑːst/
Etymology
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.
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