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[1] to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
[2] to throw off or away: He cast the advertisement in the wastebasket.
[3] to direct (the eye, a glance, etc.), especially in a cursory manner: She cast her eyes down the page.
[4] to cause to fall upon something or in a certain direction; send forth: to cast a soft light; to cast a spell; to cast doubts.
[5] to draw (lots), as in telling fortunes.
[6] Angling . to throw out (a fishing line, net, bait, etc.): The fisherman cast his line. to fish in (a stream, an area, etc.): He has often cast this brook.
[7] to throw down or bring to the ground: She cast herself on the sofa.
[8] to part with; lose: The horse cast a shoe.
[9] to shed or drop (hair, fruit, etc.): The snake cast its skin.
[10] (of an animal) to bring forth (young), especially abortively.
[11] to send off (a swarm), as bees do.
[12] to throw or set aside; discard or reject; dismiss: He cast the problem from his mind.
[13] to throw forth, as from within; emit or eject; vomit.
[14] to throw up (earth, sod, etc.), as with a shovel.
[15] to put or place, especially hastily or forcibly: to cast someone in prison.
[16] to deposit or give (a ballot or vote).
[17] to bestow; confer: to cast blessings upon someone.
[18] to make suitable or accordant; tailor: He cast his remarks to fit the occasion.
[19] Theater . to select actors for (a play, motion picture, or the like). to allot a role to (an actor). to assign an actor to (a role).
[20] to form (an object) by pouring metal, plaster, etc., in a fluid state into a mold and letting it harden.
[21] to form (metal, plaster, etc.) into a particular shape by pouring it into a mold in a fluid state and letting it harden.
[22] to tap (a blast furnace).
[23] to compute or calculate; add, as a column of figures.
[24] to compute or calculate (a horoscope) astrologically; forecast.
[25] to turn or twist; warp.
[26] Nautical . to turn the head of (a vessel), especially away from the wind in getting under way.
[27] Fox Hunting . (of a hunter) to lead or direct (hounds) over ground believed to have been recently traveled by a fox.
[28] Archaic . to contrive, devise, or plan.
[29] Obsolete . to ponder.
[30] to throw.
[31] to receive form in a mold.
[32] to calculate or add.
[33] to conjecture; forecast.
[34] (of hounds) to search an area for scent: The setter cast, but found no scent.
[35] to warp, as timber.
[36] Nautical . (of a vessel) to turn, especially to get the head away from the wind; tack.
[37] to select the actors for a play, motion picture, or the like.
[38] Obsolete . to consider. to plan or scheme.
[39] act of casting or throwing.
[40] that which is thrown.
[41] the distance to which a thing may be cast or thrown.
[42] Games . a throw of dice. the number rolled.
[43] Angling . act of throwing a line or net onto the water. a spot for casting a fishing line; a fishing place.
[44] Theater . the group of performers to whom parts are assigned; players.
[45] Hunting . a searching of an area for a scent by hounds.
[46] a stroke of fortune; fortune or lot.
[47] a ride offered on one's way; lift.
[48] the form in which something is made or written; arrangement.
[49] Metallurgy . act of casting or founding. the quantity of metal cast at one time.
[50] something formed from a material poured into a mold in a molten or liquid state; casting.
[51] an impression or mold made from something.
[52] Medicine/Medical . a rigid surgical dressing, usually made of bandage treated with plaster of Paris.
[53] outward form; appearance.
[54] sort; kind; style.
[55] tendency; inclination.
[56] a permanent twist or turn: to have a cast in one's eye.
[57] a warp.
[58] a slight tinge of some color; hue; shade: A good diamond does not have a yellowish cast.
[59] a dash or trace; a small amount.
[60] computation; calculation; addition.
[61] a conjecture; forecast.
[62] Zoology . something that is shed, ejected, or cast off or out, as molted skin, a feather, food from a bird's crop, or the coil of sand and waste passed by certain earthworms.
[63] Ornithology . pellet(def 6) .
[64] Falconry . a pair of hawks put in flight together.
[65] Pathology . effused plastic matter produced in the hollow parts of various diseased organs.
[66] low-grade, irregular wool.
[67] (of an animal, especially a horse) lying in such a position that it is unable to return to its feet without assistance.
[68] cast about , to look, as to find something; search; seek: We cast about for something to do during the approaching summer vacation. to scheme; plan: He cast about how he could avoid work.
[69] cast away , Also cast aside. to reject; discard. to shipwreck. to throw away; squander: He will cast away this money just as he has done in the past.
[70] cast back , to refer to something past; revert to: The composer casts back to his earlier work.
[71] cast down , to lower; humble.
[72] cast off , to discard; reject. to let go or let loose, as a vessel from a mooring. Printing . to determine the quantity of type or space that a given amount of text will occupy when set. Textiles . to make (the final stitches) in completing a knitted fabric. to throw (a falcon) off from the fist to pursue game.
[73] cast on , Textiles . to set (yarn) on a needle in order to form the initial stitches in knitting.
[74] cast out , to force out; expel; eject.
[75] cast up , to add up; compute. to vomit; eject. Chiefly Scot. to turn up; appear.
[76] at a single cast , through a single action or event: He bankrupted himself at a single cast.
[77] able to be cast; suitable for casting
[78] (of an actor) able or likely to be selected to play a part in a play, film, etc
[79] to throw or expel with violence or force
[80] to throw off or away she cast her clothes to the ground
[81] to reject or dismiss he cast the idea from his mind
[82] to shed or drop the snake cast its skin ; the horse cast a shoe ; the ship cast anchor
[83] be cast NZ (of a sheep) to have fallen and been unable to rise
[84] to cause to appear to cast a shadow
[85] to express (doubts, suspicions, etc) or cause (them) to be felt
[86] to direct (a glance, attention, etc) cast your eye over this
[87] to place, esp in a violent manner he was cast into prison
[88] (also intr) angling to throw (a line) into the water
[89] to draw or choose (lots)
[90] to give or deposit (a vote)
[91] to select (actors) to play parts in (a play, film, etc)
[92] to shape (molten metal, glass, etc) by pouring or pressing it into a mould to make (an object) by such a process
[93] (also intr often foll by up ) to compute (figures or a total)
[94] to predict the old woman cast my fortune
[95] astrology to draw on (a horoscope) details concerning the positions of the planets in the signs of the zodiac at a particular time for interpretation in terms of human characteristics, behaviour,
[96] to contrive (esp in the phrase cast a spell )
[97] to formulate he cast his work in the form of a chart
[98] (also intr) to twist or cause to twist
[99] (also intr) nautical to turn the head of (a sailing vessel) or (of a sailing vessel) to be turned away from the wind in getting under way
[100] hunting to direct (a pack of hounds) over (ground) where their quarry may recently have passed
[101] (intr) (of birds of prey) to eject from the crop and bill a pellet consisting of the indigestible parts of birds or animals previously eaten
[102] falconry to hold the body of a hawk between the hands so as to perform some operation upon it
[103] printing to stereotype or electrotype
[104] cast in one's lot with or throw in one's lot with to share in the activities or fortunes of (someone else)
[105] the act of casting or throwing
[106] Also called: casting something that is shed, dropped, or egested, such as the coil of earth left by an earthworm another name for pellet (def. 4)
[107] an object that is thrown
[108] the distance an object is or may be thrown
[109] a throw at dice the resulting number shown
[110] angling a trace with a fly or flies attached the act or an instance of casting
[111] the wide sweep made by a sheepdog to get behind a flock of sheep or by a hunting dog in search of a scent
[112] the actors in a play collectively (as modifier ) a cast list
[113] an object made of metal, glass, etc, that has been shaped in a molten state by being poured or pressed into a mould the mould used to shape such an object
[114] form or appearance
[115] sort, kind, or style
[116] a fixed twist or defect, esp in the eye
[117] a distortion of shape
[118] surgery a rigid encircling casing, often made of plaster of Paris, for immobilizing broken bones while they heal
[119] pathol a mass of fatty, waxy, cellular, or other material formed in a diseased body cavity, passage, etc
[120] the act of casting a pack of hounds
[121] falconry a pair of falcons working in combination to pursue the same quarry
[122] archery the speed imparted to an arrow by a particular bow
[123] a slight tinge or trace, as of colour
[124] a computation or calculation
[125] a forecast or conjecture
[126] fortune or a stroke of fate
[127] palaeontol 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
[128] palaeontol a sedimentary structure representing the infilling of a mark or depression in a soft layer of sediment (or bed)

Words nearby Castable

castcasson, cassone, cassoulet, cassowary, casspir, cast, cast about, cast adrift, cast away, cast back, cast brace

Origin of Castable

1175–1225; Middle English casten < Old Norse kasta to throw

Words that may be confused with Castable

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, castcast, caste, class

Other words from Castable

cast·a·ble , adjective
cast·a·bil·i·ty , noun
sub·cast , noun
un·cast , adjective
well-cast , adjective

Word origin for Castable

C13: from Old Norse kasta