cast
Definitions
- A surname.
- An act of throwing.
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Initialism of Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- To move, or be moved, away. To throw. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
- To throw. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- To throw down or aside
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat
- The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- The casting procedure.
- An object made in a mould.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- A squint.
- Visual appearance.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- A group of crabs.
- 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.
- A chance or attempt at something.
- Assistance given by transporting a person or lightening their labour.
Conjugation
Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of cast.
Equivalents
Españolcastearcastinconjurarecharegagrópilaelencoescayolaescriturarfondearhechizarhondearlanzamientolanzarmolderepartosondarsondearyeso
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Danskkaste
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Gàidhligmuinntir
עבריתלהק
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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.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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