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Meaning Of Cast

  1. imp. & p. p.
    of Cast
  2. v. t.
    To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
  3. v. t.
    To direct or turn, as the eyes.
  4. v. t.
    To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
  5. v. t.
    To throw down, as in wrestling.
  6. v. t.
    To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
  7. v. t.
    To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
  8. v. t.
    To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
  9. v. t.
    To throw out or emit; to exhale.
  10. v. t.
    To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
  11. v. t.
    To impose; to bestow; to rest.
  12. v. t.
    To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.
  13. v. t.
    To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.
  14. v. t.
    To contrive; to plan.
  15. v. t.
    To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
  16. v. t.
    To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
  17. v. t.
    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.
  18. v. t.
    To stereotype or electrotype.
  19. v. t.
    To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
  20. v. i.
    To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
  21. v. i.
    To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
  22. v. i.
    To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
  23. v. i.
    To calculate; to compute.
  24. v. i.
    To receive form or shape in a mold.
  25. v. i.
    To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
  26. v. i.
    To vomit.
  27. 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.
  28. n.
    The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
  29. n.
    The thing thrown.
  30. n.
    The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
  31. n.
    A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
  32. n.
    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.
  33. n.
    The act of casting in a mold.
  34. n.
    An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
  35. n.
    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.
  36. n.
    Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.
  37. n.
    A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
  38. n.
    A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.
  39. n.
    The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
  40. n.
    A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
  41. n.
    A stoke, touch, or trick.
  42. n.
    A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
  43. n.
    A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
  44. n.
    Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
  45. n.
    Contrivance; plot, design.



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