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cast

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
kɑːst

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. An act of throwing.
  3. Initialism of Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking.
  4. To move, or be moved, away. To throw. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  5. The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
  6. To throw. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  7. An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
  8. To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea
  9. Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
  10. To throw down or aside
  11. A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
  12. To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat
  13. The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
  14. The casting procedure.
  15. An object made in a mould.
  16. A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
  17. The mould used to make cast objects.
  18. The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
  19. A squint.
  20. Visual appearance.
  21. The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
  22. Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
  23. A group of crabs.
  24. 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.
  25. A chance or attempt at something.
  26. Assistance given by transporting a person or lightening their labour.

Conjugation

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Equivalents

35 more languages
Danskkaste
Gàidhligmuinntir
עבריתלהק
Bahasa Indonesiaacuangipsmal
ಕನ್ನಡಎರಕ
Kurdîferformjetmal
Slovenčinasadra
Українськагіпс

Examples

“I went out on the timber boom and made a few casts, but with little success.”
“a cast⟳ of scatter'd dust”
“The area near the stream was covered with little bubbly worm casts.”
“He’s in the cast⟳ of Oliver.”
“The cast⟳ was praised for a fine performance.”
“The men got into position for the cast⟳, two at the ladle, two with long rods, all with heavy clothing.”
“The cast⟳ would need⟳ a great deal⟳ of machining to become⟳ a recognizable finished part.”
“The doctor put⟳ a cast⟳ on the boy’s broken arm.”
“A plaster cast⟳ was made from his face⟳.”
“As when a cast⟳ of Faulcons make⟳ their flight / An an Herneshaw, that lyes aloft on wing […]”
“Louis XIV was keen, employing a total hawking personnel of 175 and adding a fourth cast⟳ of gyrfalcons to hunt hares in 1682 […].”
“The image of the affected eye is clearer and in consequence the diplopy more striking the less the cast⟳ of the eye; hence the double⟳ vision will be noticed by the patient before the misdirection of the eye attracts the attention of those about him.”
“Arriving in Brittany, the Woodville exiles found a sallow young man, with dark hair curled in the shoulder-length fashion of the time and a penchant for expensively dyed black clothes, whose steady gaze was made more disconcerting by a cast⟳ in his left eye – such that while one eye looked at you, the other searched for you.”
“Her features had a delicate cast⟳ to them.”
“Using a tungsten-balanced film outdoors results in a blue cast⟳ to the photo.”
“He stared down at his champagne glass with narrowed eyes and a hard cast⟳ to his mouth.”
“The cast⟳ of mind⟳ which prompted the plan⟳ was permanent, and in it are to be found both the strength and the weakness of Petty's character.”
“Young Wilcox’s rejoinder, which impressed my uncle enough to make⟳ him recall⟳ and record⟳ it verbatim, was of a fantastically poetic cast⟳ which must have⟳ typified his whole conversation, and which I have⟳ since found highly characteristic of him.”
“I have⟳ read⟳ all her articles and come⟳ to admire both her elegant turn⟳ of phrase and the noble cast⟳ of mind⟳ which inspires it; but never, I confess, did I look⟳ to see⟳ beauty and wit so perfectly united.”
“The brahmin's cast⟳ is higher than any other cast⟳.”
“Cast⟳ is the measurement of the central line of the gun and the stock’s butt. If the butt is tilted slightly to the left of the central line, it’s called “cast⟳ on.” If the butt is tilted slightly to the right of the central line, it’s called “cast⟳ off.””
“The superiors rode în a spring-van, and the rest⟳ in the wagon, while I walked the whole distance. None of them had the civility to give⟳ me a cast⟳ forward⟳ on either vehicle, […]”
“boatman, just give⟳ us a cast⟳ over to the other side of the water.”

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