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- [kast, kahst loos]
- /kæst, kɑst lus/
- /kɑːst luːs/
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- [kast, kahst loos]
- /kæst, kɑst lus/
Definitions of cast loose words
- noun cast loose to untie or unfasten; become or set free 3
- adjective cast loose free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end. 1
- adjective cast loose free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in alleyways at night. 1
- adjective cast loose uncombined, as a chemical element. 1
- adjective cast loose not bound together: to wear one's hair loose. 1
- adjective cast loose not put up in a package or other container: loose mushrooms. 1
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Origin of cast loose
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (adj.) Middle English los, loos < Old Norse lauss loose, free, empty; cognate with Old English lēas (see -less), Dutch, German los loose, free; (v.) Middle English leowsen, lousen, derivative of the adj.
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Parts of speech for Cast loose
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cast loose popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cast loose usage trend in Literature
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verb cast loose
- leak — an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof.
- clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- deliver — If you deliver something somewhere, you take it there.
- free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
Antonyms for cast loose
verb cast loose
- limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
- detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
- imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
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