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cast English

Meaning cast meaning

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Definitions in simple English

cast Verb

— If mathx/math casts light or shadow on mathy/math, mathx/math causes mathy/math to be lit or in shadow. The street light outside my window cast shadows on the wall. The campfire cast a warm light on her face. — If you cast light on an idea or problem, you make it clearer by giving more information about it. Our research casts new light on the connection between temperature and plant growth. — If you cast doubt on something, you make make people less likely to believe it. The video casts doubt on the story told by police. — If you cast a look, glance, you look quickly. She cast about for her pen. He cast a quick look at the TV. — If you cast a vote, you vote in an election. I've decided to cast my vote for the Democratic Party. — If you cast metal, plastic, etc., you make an object by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden. — If you cast somebody in a part in a play, movie, etc., you choose them to play that part. — If you cast something somewhere, you throw it there.

cast Noun

— The cast of a play, movie, or show are all the people who act in it. The director has brought back many of the cast and crew of the earlier movie. — The cast of characters is the complete list of characters. — A cast is a hard protective covering on part of your body that has been seriously hurt or broken. — A cast is a shape made by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden. — A cast is a throw, especially in fishing when you throw your line out.

cast

— verb (= throw) put or send forth She threw the flashlight beam into the corner The setting sun threw long shadows cast a spell cast a warm light — noun the actors in a play — verb deposit cast a vote cast a ballot — verb select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona — verb (= hurl) throw forcefully — noun (= mold) container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens — noun object formed by a mold — noun bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal — noun the act of throwing dice — noun the distinctive form in which a thing is made pottery of this cast was found throughout the region — verb (= mold, mould) form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold cast a bronze sculpture — verb assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors Who cast this beautiful movie? — verb (= shed) get rid of he shed his image as a pushy boss shed your clothes — verb (= draw) choose at random draw a card cast lots — noun (= casting) the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel — noun (= hurl) a violent throw — noun the visual appearance of something or someone the delicate cast of his features — verb (= put) formulate in a particular style or language I wouldn't put it that way She cast her request in very polite language — verb (= vomit, purge, regurgitate) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth After drinking too much, the students vomited He purged continuously The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night — verb (= roll, wander, roam, rove, drift, vagabond) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment The gypsies roamed the woods roving vagabonds the wandering Jew The cattle roam across the prairie the laborers drift from one town to the next They rolled from town to town

Synonyms cast synonyms

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cast English » English

throw fling hurl toss mold mould pitch thrown found throw away spread shed project form sling shape plaster cast heave draw casting send launch hurled chuck tint shake off scatter roll drop tinge throwing throw off plaster pigmentation pigment pelt melt matrix lot flung figure discharge discard chromaticity warp wander vomit up vomit throw up spue

CAST English » English

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Topics cast topics

What do people use cast to talk about?
Person Healthy

Treat disease
Social behavior Social activity

Drama

  • What words refer to all the actors?
    cast
Work and occupation Hunt and fish Fishing

Fish with net
Work and occupation Hunt and fish Fishing

Fish with hooks
Work and occupation Occupation Working with minerals

Working with metal
Physical actions Move something Carry

Throw

  • What words refer to throwing something?
    throw cast
States Quality Light

Color
Person Sense, perceive See

Look
Social behavior Behavior Do good to Meddle

Spoil
Social behavior Law Trial

Accuse, confront
Social behavior Law Punish

Ostracize
Social behavior Religion Miracle, supernatural power

Sorcery
Social behavior Religion Miracle, supernatural power

Demon possession
Physical actions Have, be with Keep something

Throw away
States Quality Light Dark

Shadow

Conjugation cast conjugation

How do you conjugate cast?

cast · verb

Examples cast examples

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Simple sentences

The wicked witch cast a spell on the man and turned him into a bug.
Cast not pearls before swine.
Tom has a cast iron stomach. He can eat just about anything.
The boat was cast ashore.
The tree cast a long shadow.
The tree cast a shadow across the road.
The statue was cast in a mold.
The statue was cast in bronze.
The movie was cast mostly with Americans.
After the bone has set, the cast will be removed.
The candidate whom I cast a vote for was elected.
The cast was given a standing ovation.
The fisherman cast the fishing line into the water.
His alibi seemed cast-iron.
She has her arm in a cast.
The die has been cast.
The die is cast.
The moon cast a gentle light.
I cast about for a suitable reply.
Coming events cast their shadows before them.
Do not cast pearls before swine.
He was cast as Hamlet.
Her letter cast a new light on the matter.
She did not so much as cast glance at me.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
The die is cast. I repeat: The die is cast.

Movie subtitles

After having the Geass cast on them, or when it's in effect, there is a noticeable gap in memory.
Its voodoo power has brought a wrath upon Uganda and it must be cast out!
Down, down thy soul is cast!
Oh, please help me Father! (Down, down thy soul is cast) Please let me wake up!
Um. Okay, I'm. I'm gonna be back in a bit to, uh. to, um, put a proper cast on that.
We'd be taking a full plaster cast of Susan's body to help us.
His leg will be in a cast and he'll be on crutches, which generally makes life quite exciting for small boys.
The devil was cast out of your body with a large explosion.
He hates you. I cast his flesh, shaped his spirit.
You will recollect that Dracula cast no reflection in the mirror.
Vampires cast no reflection in a mirror.
And Saul cast the javelin.
If something goes wrong, we'll have cast-iron alibis or a top-notch lawyer.
Aren't I capable of selecting my own cast?
If you enjoyed that, then I owe it all to my amazing cast and crew, and our codirectors.
The others are asking when the cast is coming off my arm.
And what a cast-iron nerve you got!
Well, as ye cast your bread on the waters, so shall ye reap.
Whale had worked with or knew them, and naturally felt comfortable when he personally cast them in the film.
We are so accustomed to the wonderful character actor Henry Travers being cast as a whimsical, bemused benign person, often slightly eccentric, that it's curious here to see him playing seemingly straight and sombre.
I found out from experience to keep my cast and cameras with me.
And we'll all be cast out into the street.
Well, cast me over the hurdles.
I cast off your yoke! I defy you! Come on!
Put him in a launch and cast him adrift.
Okay, I'm. I'm gonna be back in a bit to, uh. to, um, put a proper cast on that.
UH, CAN I LOOK AT THE CAST OF THAT SHOE, PLEASE?
I THINK I'LL TAKE THE CAST OF THE IMPRESSION, TOO.
IS THIS THE CAST OF HIS SHOE?
We're up now, so we may as well get going. You two can help cast off.
No, sir, it's the cast.
I thought to put it on like a garment and cast it off as easily.
A few months ago. a dark shadow cast itself across our Movement.
That cast, sir.
Go ahead, we'll give you the first cast.
I wish I could master that underhand cast.
If they cast pearls before you, pick them up!

News and current affairs

Similarly, the US should cast a wary eye at Kuchma's decision to send troops to Iraq.
They cast doubt on the official orthodoxy, and thus on the legitimacy of the state.
Film of Stanculescu at the time show that he had dispensed with his plaster cast.
It was at that crossroads that Israel and Iran, two powers vying for mastery in a rapidly changing Middle East, chose to cast their strategic competition in ideological terms.
The sharp tone and fierce partisanship of the past 13 years have been cast aside.
As a result, the Depression did not cast a shadow on future growth - or, rather, the shadow was overwhelmed by the blinding floodlights of five years of mobilization for total war against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.
NEW YORK - When politicians around the world tell the story of global warming, they cast it as humanity's greatest challenge.
In less than four years, President Bush and his advisers have cast aside much of the longstanding bipartisan consensus under which the United States works through and with multilateral institutions like the United Nations.
If that silence continues, it will gravely undermine SADC institutions, and will cast a deep pall over the most important leader in SADC, South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki.
Israel's Operation Cast Lead in the winter of 2008-2009 re-established deterrence and brought a period of relative calm; but it has been clear since the start of 2012 that the parties were once again on a collision course.
During Operation Cast Lead, rockets struck perilously close to Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion Airport.
There is no appetite in Israel for a second Operation Cast Lead; but nothing less than a stable, long-lasting ceasefire is acceptable.
Germany, mindful of its recent history, does not want to be cast in the role of a hegemonic power; the current situation is not the result of some evil German plot.
A cast-iron mechanism to ensure that the debt build-up does not continue forever is appealing as a way of withstanding increasingly fraught competition for funding.
This controversy has threatened to cast a pall over a much-heralded summit between two of the world's great democracies.
But the systemic oppression of women tends to be cast in terms of claims for empathy: we shouldn't follow these policies because they are not nice, not enlightened.
Significantly, two thirds of the Austrian electorate cast their votes in favor of membership in the European Union in 1994.
There is no analogous set of floodlights being deployed to erase the shadow that is currently being cast by the lesser depression.
The time has come to cast off the burden of building financial centers, and focus instead on advancing the modernization of Chinese finance.
If current concerns about inequality were cast entirely in political terms, this inward-looking focus would be understandable; after all, citizens of poor countries cannot vote in rich ones.
The Greek crisis has cast a pall over the entire eurozone. The common currency is now looked at with suspicion.
Thus, the ECB's monetary policy will take on an increasingly beggar-thy-neighbor cast, leading to trade and currency tensions with the United States and other trade partners.
For it is in no European country's interest, or in the interest of the EU as a whole, that Central and Eastern Europe feel that they have been cast adrift or that Germany and Russia fixate on each other in this time of crisis.
NEW YORK - Few Americans cast their ballot in the recent mid-term elections on the basis of foreign policy.
One risk is that such thinking limits the options for dealing effectively with those who are cast as irredeemably evil.
This year's campaign was exceptionally peaceful, and millions of citizens voted on December 27 - at times walking and queuing for hours to cast their ballot.
The Greek crisis has cast a pall over the entire eurozone.

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