Definition of Cast Off in English :

Define Cast Off in English

Cast Off meaning in English

Meaning of Cast Off in English

Pronunciation of Cast Off in English

Cast Off pronunciation in English

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Cast Off

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Verb

1. 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'

2. cast off

make the last row of stitches when knitting

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Cast Off

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adjective
1. (prenominal)
thrown away; abandoned
cast-off shoes
noun castoff
2. 
a person or thing that has been discarded or abandoned
3. printing
an estimate of the amount of space that a piece of copy will occupy when printed in a particular size and style of type
verb cast off (adverb)
4. 
to remove (mooring lines) that hold (a vessel) to a dock
5. 
to knot (a row of stitches, esp the final row) in finishing off knitted or woven material
6. printing
to estimate the amount of space that will be taken up by (a book, piece of copy, etc) when it is printed in a particular size and style of type
7. (intransitive)
(in Scottish country dancing) to perform a progressive movement during which each partner of a couple dances separately behind one line of the set and then reunites with the other in their original position in the set or in a new position

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Cast Off

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1. 
to discard; abandon; disown
2. 
to set free
3. 
to release or disengage the line or lines holding a vessel in place beside a dock, quay, etc.
4.  Knitting
to make the last row of stitches
5.  Printing
to estimate how many lines or pages of type will be set from (a given amount of copy)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Cast Off

see synonyms of cast off
n.
1. One that has been discarded.
2. Printing A calculation of the amount of space a manuscript will occupy when set into type.
adj. also cast-off
Discarded; rejected.

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