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Cast

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Noun

2. cast, mold, mould

container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

3. cast, mold, mould, stamp

the distinctive form in which a thing is made

Example Sentences:
'pottery of this cast was found throughout the region'

4. cast, form, shape

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

6. cast, casting

object formed by a mold

7. cast, roll

the act of throwing dice

8. cast, casting

the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel

9. cast, hurl

a violent throw

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'

13. cast, hurl, hurtle

throw forcefully

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'

16. cast, mold, mould

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'

18. cast, draw

choose at random

Example Sentences:
'draw a card'
'cast lots'

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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verbWord forms: casts, casting or cast (mainly tr)
1. 
to throw or expel with violence or force
2. 
to throw off or away
she cast her clothes to the ground
3. 
to reject or dismiss
he cast the idea from his mind
4. 
to shed or drop
the snake cast its skin
the horse cast a shoe
the ship cast anchor
5.  be cast
6. 
to cause to appear
to cast a shadow
7. 
to express (doubts, suspicions, etc) or cause (them) to be felt
8. 
to direct (a glance, attention, etc)
cast your eye over this
9. 
to place, esp in a violent manner
he was cast into prison
10. (also intr) angling
to throw (a line) into the water
11. 
to draw or choose (lots)
12. 
to give or deposit (a vote)
13. 
to select (actors) to play parts in (a play, film, etc)
14. 
a. 
to shape (molten metal, glass, etc) by pouring or pressing it into a mould
b. 
to make (an object) by such a process
15. (also intr; often foll by up)
to compute (figures or a total)
16. 
to predict
the old woman cast my fortune
17. astrology
to draw on (a horoscope) details concerning the positions of the planets in the signs of the zodiac at a particular time for interpretation in terms of human characteristics, behaviour, etc
18. 
to contrive (esp in the phrase cast a spell)
19. 
to formulate
he cast his work in the form of a chart
20. (also intr)
to twist or cause to twist
21. (also intr) nautical
to turn the head of (a sailing vessel) or (of a sailing vessel) to be turned away from the wind in getting under way
22. hunting
to direct (a pack of hounds) over (ground) where their quarry may recently have passed
23. (intransitive)
(of birds of prey) to eject from the crop and bill a pellet consisting of the indigestible parts of birds or animals previously eaten
24. falconry
to hold the body of a hawk between the hands so as to perform some operation upon it
25. printing
to stereotype or electrotype
26.  cast in one's lot with
noun
27. 
the act of casting or throwing
28. 
a. Also called: casting
something that is shed, dropped, or egested, such as the coil of earth left by an earthworm
b.  another name for pellet (sense 4)
29. 
an object that is thrown
30. 
the distance an object is or may be thrown
31. 
a. 
a throw at dice
b. 
the resulting number shown
32. angling
a. 
a trace with a fly or flies attached
b. 
the act or an instance of casting
33. 
the wide sweep made by a sheepdog to get behind a flock of sheep or by a hunting dog in search of a scent
34. 
a. 
the actors in a play collectively
b. 
(as modifier)
a cast list
35. 
a. 
an object made of metal, glass, etc, that has been shaped in a molten state by being poured or pressed into a mould
b. 
the mould used to shape such an object
36. 
form or appearance
37. 
sort, kind, or style
38. 
a fixed twist or defect, esp in the eye
39. 
a distortion of shape
40. surgery
a rigid encircling casing, often made of plaster of Paris, for immobilizing broken bones while they heal
41. pathology
a mass of fatty, waxy, cellular, or other material formed in a diseased body cavity, passage, etc
42. 
the act of casting a pack of hounds
43. falconry
a pair of falcons working in combination to pursue the same quarry
44. archery
the speed imparted to an arrow by a particular bow
45. 
a slight tinge or trace, as of colour
46. 
a computation or calculation
47. 
a forecast or conjecture
48. 
fortune or a stroke of fate
49. palaeontology
a replica of an organic object made of nonorganic material, esp a lump of sediment that indicates the internal or external surface of a shell or skeleton
50. palaeontology
a sedimentary structure representing the infilling of a mark or depression in a soft layer of sediment (or bed)

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Cast

see synonyms of cast
verb transitiveWord forms: cast or ˈcasting
1. 
a. 
to put, deposit, or throw with force or violence; fling; hurl
b. 
to give vent to as if by throwing
to cast aspersions
2. 
to deposit (a ballot); register (a vote)
3. 
a. 
to cause to fall or turn; direct
to cast one's eyes or attention on a thing
b. 
to give forth; project
to cast light, gloom, etc.
4. 
to throw out or drop (a net, anchor, etc.) at the end of a rope or cable
5. 
to throw out (a fly, bait, lure, etc.) at the end of a fishing line
6. 
to draw (lots) or shake (dice) out of a container
7. 
to bring forth (young), esp. prematurely
8. 
a. 
to throw off or away
b. 
to shed; slough
the snake casts its skin
9. 
to add up (accounts, a sum, etc.); calculate by arithmetic
10. 
to calculate (a horoscope, tides, etc.)
11. 
to arrange in some form or system; formulate
12. 
a. 
to form (molten metal, plastic, etc.) into a particular shape by pouring or pressing into a mold
b. 
to make by such a method
13. 
a. 
to choose and assign actors for (a play, film, etc.)
b. 
to select (an actor) for (a role or part)
14. 
to twist; turn; warp
15.  Nautical
to direct the bow of (a ship) to port or starboard in getting under way
verb intransitive
16. 
to throw dice
17. 
to throw out a fly, etc. at the end of a fishing line
18.  British, Dialectal
to vomit
19. 
to turn; warp
20. 
to add up figures; calculate
21. 
to calculate horoscopes, tides, etc.
22. 
to be formed in a mold
23.  Obsolete
a. 
to make a forecast; conjecture
b. 
to deliberate; plan
24.  Hunting
to search for game, a trail, or a lost scent
25.  Nautical
a. 
to cast a ship
b. 
to veer
noun
26. 
the act of casting; a throw; also, a way of casting or distance thrown
; specif.,
a. 
a throw of dice; also, the number thrown
b. 
a stroke of fortune
c. 
a turn of the eye; glance; look
d. 
a throw of a fishing line, net, etc.
e. 
an adding up; calculation
f. 
a conjecture; forecast
27. 
a quantity or thing cast in a certain way
; specif.,
a. 
something thrown up, off, or out, as bait on a line, a pair of hawks in falconry, the dirt thrown up by worms, the shed skin of an insect, etc.
b. 
the amount of metal cast at one time
c. 
something formed in or as in a mold, as a bronze or plaster reproduction of a statue modeled in clay; also, the mold
d. 
a mold or impression taken of an object or of printing type
e. 
a plaster form for immobilizing a broken arm, leg, etc.
f. 
the set of actors in a play or movie
28. 
the form or direction in which a thing is cast
; specif.,
a. 
an arrangement
b. 
an appearance or stamp, as of features
c. 
kind; quality
of an aristocratic cast
d. 
a tinge; shade
a reddish cast
e. 
a trace or suggestion
f. 
a turn or twist to one side; tendency; bent
g. 
a slight turning in or out of the eye
29.  Hunting
a scattering of the hounds to find a lost scent
30.  Medicine
a substance formed and molded in the cavities of some diseased organs
renal casts

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Cast

see synonyms of cast
v. cast, cast·ing, casts
v.tr.
1.
a. To throw (something, especially something light): The boy cast stones in the water.
b. To throw with force; hurl: waves that cast driftwood far up on the shore. See Synonyms at throw.
c. To throw or propel a lure or bait at the end of (a fishing line) into the water so as to catch fish or other aquatic life.
d. To throw (a net), as in fishing; cause to spread out.
e. To throw on the ground, as in wrestling.
f. To let fall; drop: cast anchor.
g. To roll or throw (dice, for example).
h. To draw (lots).
2. To shed; molt: The snake cast its skin.
3. To deposit or indicate (a ballot or vote).
4. To turn or direct: All eyes were cast upon the speaker.
5.
a. To cause to fall onto or over something or in a certain direction: candles casting light; trees casting shadows.
b. To assert in relation to someone or something or cause to be associated: Don't let him cast aspersions on your character. The results cast doubt on our hypothesis.
6. To give birth to prematurely: The cow cast a calf.
7. To cause (hunting hounds) to scatter and circle in search of a lost scent.
8.
a. To choose actors for (a play, for example).
b. To assign a certain role to (an actor): cast her as the lead.
c. To assign an actor to (a part): cast each role carefully.
9.
a. To form (liquid metal, for example) into a particular shape by pouring into a mold.
b. To make (an object) by casting liquid metal.
10. To arrange or devise: cast the book in three parts; cast a plan.
11. To calculate or compute; add up (a column of figures).
12. To calculate astrologically: cast my horoscope.
13. To warp; twist: floorboards cast by age.
14. Nautical To turn (a ship); change to the opposite tack.
v.intr.
1. To throw something, especially to throw out a lure or bait at the end of a fishing line.
2. To add a column of figures; make calculations.
3. To receive form or shape in a mold: a material that casts well.
4. To become warped.
5. To search for a lost scent in hunting with hounds.
6. Nautical
a. To veer to leeward from a former course; fall off.
b. To put about; tack.
7. To choose actors for the parts in a play, movie, or other theatrical presentation.
n.
1.
a. The act or an instance of casting or throwing.
b. The act or an instance of throwing a fishing line or net into the water.
c. The line or net thrown.
d. The distance covered by a throw.
e. A throw of dice.
f. The number on dice facing up when thrown.
2. A stroke of fortune or fate; a lot.
3.
a. Something, such as molted skin, that is thrown off, out, or away.
b. A piece of excrement produced by an earthworm.
4.
a. A direction or expression of the eyes.
b. A slight squint.
5. The addition of a column of figures; calculation.
6. A conjecture; a forecast.
7.
a. The act of pouring molten material into a mold.
b. The amount of molten material poured into a mold at a single operation.
c. Something formed by this means or in a mold or matrix: The sculpture was a bronze cast. They made a cast of her face.
8. A rigid dressing, usually made of gauze and plaster of Paris, used to immobilize an injured body part, as in a fracture or dislocation. Also called plaster cast.
9. The form in which something is made or constructed; arrangement: the close-set cast of her features.
10. Outward form or look; appearance: a suit of stylish cast.
11. Sort; type: fancied himself to be of a macho cast.
12. An inclination; tendency: her thoughtful cast of mind.
13. The actors in a play, movie, or other theatrical presentation.
14. A slight trace of color; a tinge.
15. A distortion of shape.
16. The circling of hounds to pick up a scent in hunting.
17. A pair of hawks released by a falconer at one time.

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