English Explanatory Dictionary

cast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To move, or be moved, away.
  2. To throw.
  3. To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
  4. To throw down or aside.
  5. To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
  6. To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
  7. To remove, take off (clothes).
  8. To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
  9. To vomit.
  10. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
  11. To throw out or emit; to exhale.
  12. To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
noun
  1. An act of throwing.
  2. The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
  3. An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
  4. Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
  5. A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
  6. The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
  7. The casting procedure.
  8. An object made in a mould.
  9. A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
  10. The mould used to make cast objects.
  11. The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
  12. A squint.
adj
  1. Of an animal, such as a horse or sheep: Lying in a position from which it cannot rise on its own.
name
  1. A surname.
name
  1. Initialism of Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking.

Pronunciation

käst /kɑːst/ kăst /kast/ /kæst/ en-us-cast.ogg /kɛəst/

Word forms

cast casts casting casted no-table-tags glossary castest casteth

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots cast (“to cast, throw”), Danish kaste (“to throw”), Swedish kasta (“to throw, cast, fling, toss, discard”), Icelandic kasta (“to pitch, toss”). In the sense of "flinging", displaced native warp. The senses relating to broadcasting are based on that same term; compare -cast.

Synonyms

fling hurl bung cast chuck chunk cook dash dump feck jerk heave hield hoy huck hurtle launch lob peck peg pick pitch precipitate project quoit shy slight skew sling thrill throw toss traject warp whang whip whop wing cast down throw down slough doff bait barf be sick blow chunks boak boke boot bork bow down before the porcelain god cast up one's accounts chuck up chunder disgorge drive the porcelain bus erupt gag get sick honk

Derived words

aftercast colorcast fan cast forecast miscast offcast precast recast sidecast surfcast undercast audiocast beachcast becast bicast broadcast castability castable cast about cast accounts cast a chill cast adrift cast anchor cast a pall cast around cast a shadow cast aside cast aspersions cast away cast back cast caution to the wind cast dispersions cast down caster cast in concrete casting casting call casting couch casting director cast in one's lot with cast-in-place cast in someone's teeth cast iron cast-iron cast light on cast loose cast-me-down cast not a clout till May be out cast off cast-off cast oil on troubled waters cast on cast one's bread upon the waters cast one's lot with cast one's mind back cast one's net far and wide cast one's net wide cast one's net wider cast one's vote castor

Translations

Armenian: ձուլել Bulgarian: отливам Catalan: fondre Chinese Mandarin: 鑄 /铸 Chinese Mandarin: 鑄造 /铸造 Czech: lít Czech: odlít Dutch: gieten Finnish: valaa Finnish: lastoittaa French: couler French: fondre French: plâtrer Georgian: ჩამოსხმა Georgian: სხმა German: gießen Ingrian: valella Italian: colare Italian: fondere Italian: gettare Italian: ingessare Japanese: 鋳る Central Kurdish: داڕشتن Māori: hangarewa Mongolian: цутгах Norwegian Bokmål: støpe Norwegian Bokmål: støype Norwegian Nynorsk: støype Polish: odlewać Polish: odlać Polish: ulewać Polish: ulać Polish: formować Polish: uformować Portuguese: moldar Quechua: hich'ay Russian: отлива́ть Russian: отли́ть Spanish: moldear Spanish: enyesar Spanish: escayolar Swedish: gjuta Thai: หล่อ Turkish: alçıya almak
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