cast
Definition of cast:
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part of speech: verb
To throw or fling; to sow seed; to reject; to reckon; to contrive or plan; to mould or shape, to ponder or weigh, as in the mind.
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part of speech: verb
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part of speech: noun
A throw; the distance passed by a thing thrown; a glance or a turn of the eye; chance or hazard; a form or shape; a tinge; manner; whatever is run into a mould.
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part of speech: noun
Act of casting: a throw: the thing thrown: the distance thrown: a motion, turn, or squint, as of the eye: a chance: a mould: the form received from a mould: manner: the assignment of the various parts of a play to the several actors: the company of actors to whom such have been assigned.
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part of speech: participle
To cast aside, to dismiss or reject; to cast away, to reject; to lavish; to cast down, to deject or depress; to cast forth, to throw out; to exhale; to cast off, to discard, or to put away; to cast out, to reject; to throw or turn out; to cast up, to compute; to reckon; to eject or vomit; to cast on, to put or place on, as loops of worsted on wires; to cast one's self on, to resign or yield to the disposal of, without reserve; to cast in the teeth, to upbraid; to blame for; to cast in one's lot with any one, to take the chance; to share the fortune; last- cast, all ventured on one effort.
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part of speech: verb
To throw or fling: to throw down: to throw together or reckon: to mould or shape.
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Common misspellings:
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- casy (2.6%)
- cst (7.7%)
- castr (5.1%)
- caset (2.6%)
- ast (5.1%)
- cas (17.9%)
- casrt (5.1%)
- casted (53.8%)
Usage examples for cast:
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Mrs. Ambrose cast up her eyes.
"A Tale of a Lonely Parish" – F. Marion Crawford -
That is where you must cast your fly.
"Melbourne House" – Elizabeth Wetherell -
I believe they would have cast evil eyes upon me, and there is no knowing what that bear might have done in consequence.
"A Bicycle of Cathay" – Frank R. Stockton
