Cast Definition
kăst
casting, casts
verb
casting, casts
To throw (something, especially something light).
The boy cast stones in the water.
American Heritage
To put, deposit, or throw with force or violence; fling; hurl.
Webster's New World
To give vent to as if by throwing.
To cast aspersions.
Webster's New World
To throw out a fly, etc. at the end of a fishing line.
Webster's New World
To vomit.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
casts
The act of casting; a throw; also, a way of casting or distance thrown.
Webster's New World
The act or an instance of throwing a fishing line or net into the water.
American Heritage
A quantity or thing cast in a certain way.
Webster's New World
The line or net thrown.
American Heritage
The distance covered by a throw.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
affix
Broadcast.
Telecast, podcast.
Webster's New World
idiom
cast (one's) lot with
- To join or side with for better or worse.
American Heritage
cast about
- to search; look (for)
- to make plans; devise
Webster's New World
cast aside
- to discard; abandon
Webster's New World
cast back
- to refer to something past
- to resemble some distant ancestor
Webster's New World
cast down
- to turn downward
- to sadden; depress; discourage
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cast
- cast (one's) lot with
- cast about
- cast aside
- cast back
- cast down
- cast off
- cast on
- cast out
- cast up
Origin of Cast
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From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots cast (“to cast, throw”), Danish kaste (“to throw”), Swedish kasta (“to throw, cast, fling, toss, discard”), Icelandic kasta (“to pitch, toss”). It displaced native warp; and has in literal senses itself been generally displaced by throw.
From Wiktionary
Middle English casten from Old Norse kasta
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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