Definitions of cast
imp. & p. p. - of Cast
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v. t. - To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
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v. t. - To direct or turn, as the eyes.
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v. t. - To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
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v. t. - To throw down, as in wrestling.
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v. t. - To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
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v. t. - To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
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v. t. - To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
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v. t. - To throw out or emit; to exhale.
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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.
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v. t. - To impose; to bestow; to rest.
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v. t. - To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.
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v. t. - To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.
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v. t. - To contrive; to plan.
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v. t. - To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
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v. t. - To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
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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.
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v. t. - To stereotype or electrotype.
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v. t. - To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
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v. i. - To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
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v. i. - To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
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v. i. - To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
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v. i. - To calculate; to compute.
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v. i. - To receive form or shape in a mold.
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v. i. - To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
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v. i. - To vomit.
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- 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.
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n. - The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
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n. - The thing thrown.
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n. - The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
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n. - A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
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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.
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n. - The act of casting in a mold.
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n. - An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
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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.
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n. - Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.
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n. - A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
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n. - A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.
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n. - The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
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n. - A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
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n. - A stoke, touch, or trick.
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n. - A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
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n. - A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
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n. - Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
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n. - Contrivance; plot, design.
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The word "cast" uses 4 letters: A C S T.
Direct anagrams of cast:
acts cats scat
Words formed by adding one letter before or after cast (in bold), or to acst in any order:
e - caste cates cesta taces f - facts h - chats tachs k - stack tacks l - clast talcs n - canst cants scant o - ascot coast coats costa tacos p - pacts r - carts scart s - casts scats t - scatt tacts u - scuta
Shorter words found within cast:
act as at cat sac sat ta tas
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