ALL meanings of cast
cast
C c - noun cast an object made of metal, glass, etc, that has been shaped in a molten state by being poured or pressed into a mould 3
- noun cast the mould used to shape such an object 3
- noun cast form or appearance 3
- noun cast sort, kind, or style 3
- noun cast a fixed twist or defect, esp in the eye 3
- noun cast a distortion of shape 3
- noun cast a rigid encircling casing, often made of plaster of Paris, for immobilizing broken bones while they heal 3
- noun cast a mass of fatty, waxy, cellular, or other material formed in a diseased body cavity, passage, etc 3
- noun cast the act of casting a pack of hounds 3
- noun cast a pair of falcons working in combination to pursue the same quarry 3
- noun cast the speed imparted to an arrow by a particular bow 3
- noun cast a slight tinge or trace, as of colour 3
- noun cast a computation or calculation 3
- noun cast a forecast or conjecture 3
- noun cast fortune or a stroke of fate 3
- noun cast 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 3
- noun cast a sedimentary structure representing the infilling of a mark or depression in a soft layer of sediment (or bed) 3
- verb transitive cast to put, deposit, or throw with force or violence; fling; hurl 3
- verb transitive cast to give vent to as if by throwing 3
- verb transitive cast to deposit (a ballot); register (a vote) 3
- verb transitive cast to cause to fall or turn; direct 3
- verb transitive cast to give forth; project 3
- verb transitive cast to throw out or drop (a net, anchor, etc.) at the end of a rope or cable 3
- verb transitive cast to throw out (a fly, bait, lure, etc.) at the end of a fishing line 3
- verb transitive cast to draw (lots) or shake (dice) out of a container 3
- verb transitive cast to bring forth (young), esp. prematurely 3
- verb transitive cast to shed; slough 3
- verb transitive cast to add up (accounts, a sum, etc.); calculate by arithmetic 3
- verb transitive cast to calculate (a horoscope, tides, etc.) 3
- verb transitive cast to arrange in some form or system; formulate 3
- verb transitive cast to form (molten metal, plastic, etc.) into a particular shape by pouring or pressing into a mold 3
- verb transitive cast to make by such a method 3
- verb transitive cast to choose and assign actors for (a play, film, etc.) 3
- verb transitive cast to select (an actor) for (a role or part) 3
- verb transitive cast to twist; turn; warp 3
- verb transitive cast to direct the bow of (a ship) to port or starboard in getting under way 3
- intransitive verb cast to throw dice 3
- intransitive verb cast to throw out a fly, etc. at the end of a fishing line 3
- intransitive verb cast to vomit 3
- intransitive verb cast to turn; warp 3
- intransitive verb cast to add up figures; calculate 3
- intransitive verb cast to calculate horoscopes, tides, etc. 3
- intransitive verb cast to be formed in a mold 3
- intransitive verb cast to make a forecast; conjecture 3
- intransitive verb cast to deliberate; plan 3
- intransitive verb cast to search for game, a trail, or a lost scent 3
- intransitive verb cast to cast a ship 3
- intransitive verb cast to veer 3
- noun cast the act of casting; a throw; also, a way of casting or distance thrown 3
- noun cast a throw of dice; also, the number thrown 3