English Explanatory Dictionary

cast off

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To discard or reject something.
  2. To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.
  3. To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
  4. To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-cast off.wav

Word forms

cast off casts off casting off casted off

Synonyms

bind off

Related words

cast on castoff offthrow
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