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Meaning of Cast in English
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Cast
see synonyms of castNoun
container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
the distinctive form in which a thing is made
Example Sentences:'pottery of this cast was found throughout the region'
the visual appearance of something or someone
Example Sentences:'the delicate cast of his features'
5. cast, plaster bandage, plaster cast
bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
Verb
10. cast, contrive, project, throw
put or send forth
Example Sentences:'She threw the flashlight beam into the corner''The setting sun threw long shadows''cast a spell''cast a warm light'
11. cast
deposit
Example Sentences:'cast a vote''cast a ballot'
12. cast
select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
Example Sentences:'He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona'
14. cast
assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
Example Sentences:'Who cast this beautiful movie?'
15. cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Example Sentences:'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'
form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
Example Sentences:'cast a bronze sculpture'
17. cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off
get rid of
Example Sentences:'he shed his image as a pushy boss''shed your clothes'
19. cast, couch, frame, put, redact
formulate in a particular style or language
Example Sentences:'I wouldn't put it that way''She cast her request in very polite language'
20. barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Example Sentences:'After drinking too much, the students vomited''He purged continuously''The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Cast
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Cast
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Cast
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