v. t. | 1. | To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel. |
| 2. | To direct or turn, as the eyes. |
| 3. | To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot. |
| 4. | To throw down, as in wrestling. |
| 5. | To throw up, as a mound, or rampart. |
| 6. | To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose. |
| 7. | To bring forth prematurely; to slink. |
| 8. | To throw out or emit; to exhale. |
| 9. | To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject. |
| 10. | To impose; to bestow; to rest. |
| 11. | To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. |
| 12. | To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope. |
| 13. | To contrive; to plan. |
| 14. | To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages. |
| 15. | To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice. |
| 16. | To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets. |
| 17. | (Print.) To stereotype or electrotype. |
| 18. | To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part. |
v. i. | 1. | To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook. |
| 2. | (Naut.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh. |
| 3. | To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons. |
| 4. | To calculate; to compute. |
| 5. | To receive form or shape in a mold. |
| 6. | To warp; to become twisted out of shape. |
| 7. | To vomit. |
3d pers. p | 1. | 3d pers. pres. of Cast, for Casteth. |
n. | 1. | The act of casting or throwing; a throw. |
| 2. | The thing thrown. |
| 3. | The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown. |
| 4. | A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture. |
| 5. | That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm. |
| 6. | The act of casting in a mold. |
| 7. | An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern. |
| 8. | That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting. |
| 9. | Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance. |
| 10. | A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade. |
| 11. | A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift. |
| 12. | The assignment of parts in a play to the actors. |
| 13. | (Falconary) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand. |
| 14. | A stoke, touch, or trick. |
| 15. | A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint. |
| 16. | A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold. |
| 17. | Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp. |
| 18. | Contrivance; plot, design. |
Noun | 1. | cast - the actors in a play |
| 2. | cast - container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens |
| 3. | cast - the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region" |
| 4. | cast - the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features" |
| 5. | cast - bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal |
| 6. | cast - object formed by a mold |
| 7. | cast - the act of throwing dice |
| 8. | cast - the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel |
| 9. | cast - a violent throw |
Verb | 1. | cast - put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" |
| 2. | cast - deposit; "cast a vote"; "cast a ballot" |
| 3. | cast - select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona" |
| 4. | cast - throw forcefully |
| 5. | cast - assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors; "Who cast this beautiful movie?" |
| 6. | cast - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "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"Synonyms: roam, rove, stray, vagabond, wander, swan, ramble, range, drift, tramp, roll |
| 7. | cast - form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture" |
| 8. | cast - get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" |
| 9. | cast - choose at random; "draw a card"; "cast lots" |
| 10. | cast - formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" |
| 11. | cast - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"Synonyms: barf, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, disgorge, cat, spue, spew, regurgitate, chuck, honk, purge |
Adj. | 1. | cast - (of molten metal or glass) formed by pouring or pressing into a mold |