Meaning of 'cast' (Webster Dictionary)
- 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.
- of Cast
- The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
- The thing thrown.
- The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
- A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
- 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.
- The act of casting in a mold.
- An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a
pattern.
- 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.
- Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of
countenance.
- A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
- A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically,
an opportunity of riding; a lift.
- The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
- A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from
the hand.
- A stoke, touch, or trick.
- A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance;
squint.
- A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
- Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in
counting herrings, etc; a warp.
- Contrivance; plot, design.
- To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
- To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in
getting under weigh.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as,
to cast about for reasons.
- To calculate; to compute.
- To receive form or shape in a mold.
- To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
- To vomit.
- To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to
impel.
- To direct or turn, as the eyes.
- To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
- To throw down, as in wrestling.
- To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
- To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
- To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
- To throw out or emit; to exhale.
- To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to
cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
- To impose; to bestow; to rest.
- To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.
- To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a
horoscope.
- To contrive; to plan.
- To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as,
to be cast in damages.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to
make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
- 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.
- To stereotype or electrotype.
- To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among
actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
Meaning of 'cast' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
Example in sentence:- pottery of this cast was found throughout the region
Meaning (2):
- the visual appearance of something or someone
Example in sentence:- the delicate cast of his features
Meaning (3):
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Example in sentence:- After drinking too much, the students vomited;
- He purged continuously;
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
Meaning (4):
- deposit
Example in sentence:- cast a ballot;
- cast a vote
Meaning (5):
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
Meaning (6):
- put or send forth
Example in sentence:- cast a spell;
- cast a warm light;
- She threw the flashlight beam into the corner;
- The setting sun threw long shadows
Meaning (7):
- choose at random
Meaning (8):
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
Example in sentence:- He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona
Meaning (9):
- get rid of
Example in sentence:- he shed his image as a pushy boss;
- I couldn't shake the car that was following me;
- shed your clothes;
- We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
Meaning (10):
- formulate in a particular style or language
Example in sentence:- I wouldn't put it that way;
- She cast her request in very polite language
Meaning (11):
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Example in sentence:- roving vagabonds;
- The cattle roam across the prairie;
- The gypsies roamed the woods;
- the laborers drift from one town to the next;
- the wandering Jew;
- They rolled from town to town
Meaning (12):
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
Example in sentence:- Who cast this beautiful movie?
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