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