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51cast — castable, adj. castability, n. /kast, kahst/, v., cast, casting, n., adj. v.t. 1. to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice. 2. to throw off or away: He cast the advertisement in the wastebasket. 3. to direct (the eye, a glance, etc.),… …
52cast — [c]/kast / (say kahst) verb (cast, casting) –verb (t) 1. to throw; fling; hurl (away, off, out, etc.) 2. to throw off or away. 3. to direct (the eye, a glance, etc.) 4. to cause (light, etc.) to fall upon something or in a certain direction. 5.… …
53cast — [[t]kæst, kɑst[/t]] v. cast, cast•ing, n. 1) to throw or hurl; fling: to cast dice; to cast aside the newspaper[/ex] 2) to direct (the eye, a glance, etc.) 3) to cause to fall; put or send forth: to cast a soft light; to cast a spell; to cast… …
54cast — Synonyms and related words: Ace bandage, Band Aid, Platonic form, Platonic idea, a thing for, abandon, abdicate, about ship, account, achromatism, acting company, actor, add, address, adhesive tape, aesthetic form, affinity, age group, aggregate …
55cast — cast1 [ kæst ] (past tense and past participle cast) verb *** ▸ 1 choose actor for part ▸ 2 describe someone as a type ▸ 3 look at someone/something ▸ 4 give light/a shadow ▸ 5 throw ▸ 6 move fishing line/net ▸ 7 make something in a mold ▸ 8 tell …
56cast — I. verb (cast; casting) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kasta; akin to Old Norse kǫs heap Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to cause to move or send forth by throwing < cast a fishing lure > < cast …
57cast — cast1 verb (past and past participle cast) 1》 throw forcefully in a specified direction. ↘throw so as to spread over an area. 2》 cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface. ↘direct (one s eyes or thoughts) towards something.… …
58cast*/ — [kɑːst] (past tense and past participle cast) verb I 1) [T] to choose an actor for a particular part, or to choose all the actors for a particular play, film etc She was always cast as a mother.[/ex] 2) [T] to make light or a shadow appear in a… …
59cast out — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, abstract, alienate, ban, banish, bicker, blackball, boot out, bounce, cast, cast off, caterwaul, chuck, chuck out, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, cut, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, defenestrate …
60cast — [[t]kɑ͟ːst, kæ̱st[/t]] ♦♦ casts, casting (The form cast is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.) 1) N COUNT COLL The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it. The show is very amusing and the cast are …
