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50 Definitions of: cast

1. verb, to throw or expel with violence or force
2. verb, to throw off or away
3. verb, to reject or dismiss
4. verb, to shed or drop
5. verb, be cast (of a sheep) to have fallen and been unable to rise
6. verb, to cause to appear
7. verb, to express (doubts, suspicions, etc) or cause (them) to be felt
8. verb, to direct (a glance, attention, etc)
9. verb, to place, esp in a violent manner
10. verb, angling to throw (a line) into the water
11. verb, to draw or choose (lots)
12. verb, to give or deposit (a vote)
13. verb, to select (actors) to play parts in (a play, film, etc)
14. verb, a) to shape (molten metal, glass, etc) by pouring or pressing it into a mould b) to make (an object) by such a process
15. verb, to compute (figures or a total)
16. verb, to predict
17. verb, astrology to draw on (a horoscope) details concerning the positions of the planets in the signs of the zodiac at a particular time for interpretation in terms of human characteristics, behaviour,
18. verb, to contrive (esp in the phrase cast a spell)
19. verb, to formulate
20. verb, to twist or cause to twist
21. verb, nautical to turn the head of (a sailing vessel) or (of a sailing vessel) to be turned away from the wind in getting under way
22. verb, hunting to direct (a pack of hounds) over (ground) where their quarry may recently have passed
23. verb, (of birds of prey) to eject from the crop and bill a pellet consisting of the indigestible parts of birds or animals previously eaten
24. verb, falconry to hold the body of a hawk between the hands so as to perform some operation upon it
25. verb, printing to stereotype or electrotype
26. verb, cast or throw in one's lot with to share in the activities or fortunes of (someone else)
27. noun, the act of casting or throwing
28. noun, a). Also called: casting something that is shed, dropped, or egested, such as the coil of earth left by an earthworm b)another name for pellet
29. noun, an object that is thrown
30. noun, the distance an object is or may be thrown
31. noun, a) a throw at dice b) the resulting number shown
32. noun, angling a) a trace with a fly or flies attached b) the act or an instance of casting
33. noun, the wide sweep made by a sheepdog to get behind a flock of sheep or by a hunting dog in search of a scent
34. noun, a) the actors in a play collectively b) (as modifier)
35. noun, a) an object made of metal, glass, etc, that has been shaped in a molten state by being poured or pressed into a mould b) the mould used to shape such an object
36. noun, form or appearance
37. noun, sort, kind, or style
38. noun, a fixed twist or defect, esp in the eye
39. noun, a distortion of shape
40. noun, surgery a rigid encircling casing, often made of plaster of Paris, for immobilizing broken bones while they heal
41. noun, pathol a mass of fatty, waxy, cellular, or other material formed in a diseased body cavity, passage, etc
42. noun, the act of casting a pack of hounds
43. noun, falconry a pair of falcons working in combination to pursue the same quarry
44. noun, archery the speed imparted to an arrow by a particular bow
45. noun, a slight tinge or trace, as of colour
46. noun, a computation or calculation
47. noun, a forecast or conjecture
48. noun, fortune or a stroke of fate
49. noun, palaeontol a replica of an organic object made of nonorganic material, esp a lump of sediment that indicates the internal or external surface of a shell or skeleton
50. noun, palaeontol a sedimentary structure representing the infilling of a mark or depression in a soft layer of sediment (or bed) ▷ See also cast about ▷ See also, castaway ▷ See also, cast back ▷ See also, cast down ▷ See also, cast-off ▷ See also, cast on ▷ See also, cast out ▷ See also, cast up
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Synonyms:	style, set, actor, turn, pitch, shy, impel, model, shape, name	And more...

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