Definitions of Cast

The word "cast" uses 4 letters: acst.

imp. & p. p. - of Cast ²

v. t. - To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel. ²

v. t. - To direct or turn, as the eyes. ²

v. t. - To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot. ²

v. t. - To throw down, as in wrestling. ²

v. t. - To throw up, as a mound, or rampart. ²

v. t. - To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose. ²

v. t. - To bring forth prematurely; to slink. ²

v. t. - To throw out or emit; to exhale. ²

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. ²

v. t. - To impose; to bestow; to rest. ²

v. t. - To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. ²

v. t. - To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope. ²

v. t. - To contrive; to plan. ²

v. t. - To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages. ²

v. t. - To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice. ²

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. ²

v. t. - To stereotype or electrotype. ²

v. t. - To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part. ²

v. i. - To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook. ²

v. i. - To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh. ²

v. i. - To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons. ²

v. i. - To calculate; to compute. ²

v. i. - To receive form or shape in a mold. ²

v. i. - To warp; to become twisted out of shape. ²

v. i. - To vomit. ²

- 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth. ²

n. - The act of casting or throwing; a throw. ²

n. - The thing thrown. ²

n. - The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown. ²

n. - A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture. ²

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. ²

n. - The act of casting in a mold. ²

n. - An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern. ²

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. ²

n. - Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance. ²

n. - A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade. ²

n. - A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift. ²

n. - The assignment of parts in a play to the actors. ²

n. - A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand. ²

n. - A stoke, touch, or trick. ²

n. - A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint. ²

n. - A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold. ²

n. - Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp. ²

n. - Contrivance; plot, design. ²