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Definition & Synonyms
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• Cast
- (v. i.) To calculate; to compute.
- (n.) The act of casting in a mold.
- (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
- (n.) The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
- (n.) A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
- (n.) A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
- (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.
- (n.) A stoke, touch, or trick.
- (v. i.) To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
- (n.) The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
- (n.) Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
- (n.) Contrivance; plot, design.
- (n.) A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
- (v. t.) To contrive; to plan.
- (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.
- (v. t.) To impose; to bestow; to rest.
- (v. t.) To direct or turn, as the eyes.
- (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
- (v. t.) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
- (n.) A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
- (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
- (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.
- (v. t.) To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
- (v. i.) To vomit.
- (v. t.) To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
- (v. t.) To throw down, as in wrestling.
- (v. i.) To receive form or shape in a mold.
- (v. t.) To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
- (n.) An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
- (v. i.) To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
- (v. t.) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
- (v. t.) To throw out or emit; to exhale.
- (v. t.) To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
- (n.) That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawks stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.
- (v. t.) To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.
- (v. t.) To stereotype or electrotype.
- (v. t.) To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
- (n.) A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.
- (n.) The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
- (n.) The thing thrown.
- (n.) Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.
- () 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.
- (v. t.) To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.
- (imp. & p. p.) of Cast
- (v. t.) To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
Synonyms:
Casting, Cat, Chuck, Contrive, Couch, Disgorge, Dramatis personae, Draw, Drift, Drop, Form, Frame, Honk, Hurl, Hurtle, Mold, Mould, Project, Puke, Purge, Put, Ramble, Range, Redact, Regorge, Regurgitate, Retch, Roam, Roll, Rove, Shape, Shed, Sick, Spew, Spue, Stamp, Stray, Swan, Throw, Tramp, Vagabond, Vomit, Wander,
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• Castalian
- (a.) Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses.
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• Castellation
- (n.) The act of making into a castle.
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