The Meaning of cast

• (imp. & p. p.) of Cast
• (v. t.) To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
• (v. t.) To direct or turn, as the eyes.
• (v. t.) To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
• (v. t.) To throw down, as in wrestling.
• (v. t.) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
• (v. t.) To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
• (v. t.) To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
• (v. t.) To throw out or emit; to exhale.
• (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 impose; to bestow; to rest.
• (v. t.) To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.
• (v. t.) To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.
• (v. t.) To contrive; to plan.
• (v. t.) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
• (v. t.) To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
• (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.
• (v. t.) To stereotype or electrotype.
• (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 throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
• (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
• (v. i.) To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
• (v. i.) To calculate; to compute.
• (v. i.) To receive form or shape in a mold.
• (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
• (v. i.) To vomit.
• () 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.
• (n.) The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
• (n.) The thing thrown.
• (n.) The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
• (n.) A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
• (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.
• (n.) The act of casting in a mold.
• (n.) An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
• (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.
• (n.) Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.
• (n.) A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
• (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.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
• (n.) A stoke, touch, or trick.
• (n.) A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
• (n.) A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
• (n.) Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
• (n.) Contrivance; plot, design.

Synonyms

mold , mould , shape , hurl , dramatis personae , plaster bandage , roll , stamp , plaster cast , cast of characters , casting , form , mildew , modeling , moulding , molding , clay sculpture , seal , pestle , postage , legal tender , revenue stamp , tender , postage stamp , impression , course , figure , flesh , frame , kind , conformation , sort , chassis , condition , physical body , soma , human body , contour , grade , mannikin , mannequin , physique , phase , word form , configuration , class , variant , pattern , bod , signifier , embodiment , descriptor , manikin , variety , strain , anatomy , var. , material body , manakin , build , scroll , bankroll , axial rotation , curl , coil , axial motion , rolling wave , drum roll , peal , ringlet , roster , bowl , whorl , paradiddle , gyre , rolling , pealing , roller , curlicue , bun , roam , project , flip , spue , redact , fuddle , drift , visualise , draw , cast off , have , image , wander , protrude , rove , put , bedevil , jut , throw away , hold , confound , drop , vomit up , externalize , throw up , contrive , retch , purge , discombobulate , tramp , disgorge , cat , thrust , stray , stick out , propose , give , bewilder , shed , fox , fancy , shake off , make , devise , design , excogitate , see , range , vagabond , swan , visualize , picture , plan , chuck , formulate , ramble , forge , throw off , send off , throw , befuddle , regurgitate , vomit , jut out , externalise , hurtle , envision , spew , honk , regorge , invent , switch , upchuck , be sick , barf , confuse , sick , couch , bemuse , puke , lunge , hustle , wrap , verify , affirm , wave , array , assert , cheat on , float , twine , slog , turn over , avow , cheat , place , roll up , seethe , pasture , crop , browse , rate , betray , swear , plod , meander , flap , blow , lay out , pad , wheel , graze , weave , wind , rank , thread , pluck , freewheel , be adrift , cuckold , straddle , ramble on , revolve , order , roll out , set out , aver , run , jog , trudge , err , footslog , undulate , digress , divagate , influence , work , regulate , model , determine , overleap , strike down , put down , send away , fling , slough , deteriorate , pour forth , spend , omit , moult , dangle , chuck out , toss , expend , toss away , drip , cut down , dribble , overlook , devolve , leave out , miss , shake , exuviate , cast away , sink , pretermit , molt , unload , drop off , set down , fell , knock off , toss out , flatten , spill , neglect , cast aside , throw out , put away , escape from , dismiss , dispose , cast out , drop down , discharge , send packing , swing , discard , degenerate , quarter , withdraw , tie , suck , absorb , pull , draw and quarter , reap , draw in , pull back , disembowel , take up , sop up , take out , eviscerate , delineate , pull in , pull out , get , describe , puff , soak up , drag , take in , attract , force , trace , imbibe , draw off , pass , line , suck up , string , guide , depict , get out , frame in , lay , draw up , set up , compose , commit , invest , entrap , assign , edit , arrange , border , position , ensnare , pose , frame up , set , eruct , gag , scour , ptyalise , claxon , ditch , cronk , spew out , toot , ptyalize , beep , spit , blare , purify , heave , sanctify , flush , reproduce , pat , calculate , account , consider , enumerate , count , estimate , reckon , compute , deem , number , sum up

Homophones

casqued , caste , kast

Rhymes

aghast , amassed , asked , assed , ast , bast , belfast , blast , broadcast , caste , chloroplast , classed , colorfast , contrast , downcast , enthusiast , fast , flabbergast , forecast , gassed , gast , ghast , harassed , hast , holdfast , iconoclast , kast , lambaste , last , lightfast , lymphoblast , massed , mast , miscast , nast , newscast , outcast , outlast , overcast , passed , past , precast , prendergast , rast , rebroadcast , recast , sandblast , simulcast , steadfast , surpassed , telecast , typecast , unsurpassed , vast