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[1] the act or process of a person or thing that casts.
[2] something cast; any article that has been cast in a mold.
[3] the act or process of choosing actors to play the various roles in a theatrical production, motion picture, etc.
[4] the act or skill of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel: I'll have to improve my casting if I'm ever going to learn to fish well.
[5] Zoology . cast(def 62) .
[6] to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
[7] to throw off or away: He cast the advertisement in the wastebasket.
[8] to direct (the eye, a glance, etc.), especially in a cursory manner: She cast her eyes down the page.
[9] 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.
[10] to draw (lots), as in telling fortunes.
[11] 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.
[12] to throw down or bring to the ground: She cast herself on the sofa.
[13] to part with; lose: The horse cast a shoe.
[14] to shed or drop (hair, fruit, etc.): The snake cast its skin.
[15] (of an animal) to bring forth (young), especially abortively.
[16] to send off (a swarm), as bees do.
[17] to throw or set aside; discard or reject; dismiss: He cast the problem from his mind.
[18] to throw forth, as from within; emit or eject; vomit.
[19] to throw up (earth, sod, etc.), as with a shovel.
[20] to put or place, especially hastily or forcibly: to cast someone in prison.
[21] to deposit or give (a ballot or vote).
[22] to bestow; confer: to cast blessings upon someone.
[23] to make suitable or accordant; tailor: He cast his remarks to fit the occasion.
[24] 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).
[25] to form (an object) by pouring metal, plaster, etc., in a fluid state into a mold and letting it harden.
[26] to form (metal, plaster, etc.) into a particular shape by pouring it into a mold in a fluid state and letting it harden.
[27] to tap (a blast furnace).
[28] to compute or calculate; add, as a column of figures.
[29] to compute or calculate (a horoscope) astrologically; forecast.
[30] to turn or twist; warp.
[31] Nautical . to turn the head of (a vessel), especially away from the wind in getting under way.
[32] Fox Hunting . (of a hunter) to lead or direct (hounds) over ground believed to have been recently traveled by a fox.
[33] Archaic . to contrive, devise, or plan.
[34] Obsolete . to ponder.
[35] to throw.
[36] to receive form in a mold.
[37] to calculate or add.
[38] to conjecture; forecast.
[39] (of hounds) to search an area for scent: The setter cast, but found no scent.
[40] to warp, as timber.
[41] Nautical . (of a vessel) to turn, especially to get the head away from the wind; tack.
[42] to select the actors for a play, motion picture, or the like.
[43] Obsolete . to consider. to plan or scheme.
[44] act of casting or throwing.
[45] that which is thrown.
[46] the distance to which a thing may be cast or thrown.
[47] Games . a throw of dice. the number rolled.
[48] Angling . act of throwing a line or net onto the water. a spot for casting a fishing line; a fishing place.
[49] Theater . the group of performers to whom parts are assigned; players.
[50] Hunting . a searching of an area for a scent by hounds.
[51] a stroke of fortune; fortune or lot.
[52] a ride offered on one's way; lift.
[53] the form in which something is made or written; arrangement.
[54] Metallurgy . act of casting or founding. the quantity of metal cast at one time.
[55] something formed from a material poured into a mold in a molten or liquid state; casting.
[56] an impression or mold made from something.
[57] Medicine/Medical . a rigid surgical dressing, usually made of bandage treated with plaster of Paris.
[58] outward form; appearance.
[59] sort; kind; style.
[60] tendency; inclination.
[61] a permanent twist or turn: to have a cast in one's eye.
[62] a warp.
[63] a slight tinge of some color; hue; shade: A good diamond does not have a yellowish cast.
[64] a dash or trace; a small amount.
[65] computation; calculation; addition.
[66] a conjecture; forecast.
[67] 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.
[68] Ornithology . pellet(def 6) .
[69] Falconry . a pair of hawks put in flight together.
[70] Pathology . effused plastic matter produced in the hollow parts of various diseased organs.
[71] low-grade, irregular wool.
[72] (of an animal, especially a horse) lying in such a position that it is unable to return to its feet without assistance.
[73] 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.
[74] 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.
[75] cast back , to refer to something past; revert to: The composer casts back to his earlier work.
[76] cast down , to lower; humble.
[77] 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.
[78] cast on , Textiles . to set (yarn) on a needle in order to form the initial stitches in knitting.
[79] cast out , to force out; expel; eject.
[80] cast up , to add up; compute. to vomit; eject. Chiefly Scot. to turn up; appear.
[81] a process in which molten metal is forced into metallic molds under hydraulic pressure to shape it, form objects, etc.
[82] an article made by this process.
[83] an object or figure that has been cast, esp in metal from a mould
[84] the process of transferring molten steel to a mould
[85] the choosing of actors for a production
[86] hunting the act of directing a pack of hounds over ground where their quarry may recently have passed so that they can quest for, discover, or recapture its scent
[87] zoology another word for cast (def. 28), pellet (def. 4)
[88] to throw or expel with violence or force
[89] to throw off or away she cast her clothes to the ground
[90] to reject or dismiss he cast the idea from his mind
[91] to shed or drop the snake cast its skin ; the horse cast a shoe ; the ship cast anchor
[92] be cast NZ (of a sheep) to have fallen and been unable to rise
[93] to cause to appear to cast a shadow
[94] to express (doubts, suspicions, etc) or cause (them) to be felt
[95] to direct (a glance, attention, etc) cast your eye over this
[96] to place, esp in a violent manner he was cast into prison
[97] (also intr) angling to throw (a line) into the water
[98] to draw or choose (lots)
[99] to give or deposit (a vote)
[100] to select (actors) to play parts in (a play, film, etc)
[101] to shape (molten metal, glass, etc) by pouring or pressing it into a mould to make (an object) by such a process
[102] (also intr often foll by up ) to compute (figures or a total)
[103] to predict the old woman cast my fortune
[104] 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,
[105] to contrive (esp in the phrase cast a spell )
[106] to formulate he cast his work in the form of a chart
[107] (also intr) to twist or cause to twist
[108] (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
[109] hunting to direct (a pack of hounds) over (ground) where their quarry may recently have passed
[110] (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
[111] falconry to hold the body of a hawk between the hands so as to perform some operation upon it
[112] printing to stereotype or electrotype
[113] cast in one's lot with or throw in one's lot with to share in the activities or fortunes of (someone else)
[114] the act of casting or throwing
[115] 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)
[116] an object that is thrown
[117] the distance an object is or may be thrown
[118] a throw at dice the resulting number shown
[119] angling a trace with a fly or flies attached the act or an instance of casting
[120] the wide sweep made by a sheepdog to get behind a flock of sheep or by a hunting dog in search of a scent
[121] the actors in a play collectively (as modifier ) a cast list
[122] 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
[123] form or appearance
[124] sort, kind, or style
[125] a fixed twist or defect, esp in the eye
[126] a distortion of shape
[127] surgery a rigid encircling casing, often made of plaster of Paris, for immobilizing broken bones while they heal
[128] pathol a mass of fatty, waxy, cellular, or other material formed in a diseased body cavity, passage, etc
[129] the act of casting a pack of hounds
[130] falconry a pair of falcons working in combination to pursue the same quarry
[131] archery the speed imparted to an arrow by a particular bow
[132] a slight tinge or trace, as of colour
[133] a computation or calculation
[134] a forecast or conjecture
[135] fortune or a stroke of fate
[136] 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
[137] palaeontol a sedimentary structure representing the infilling of a mark or depression in a soft layer of sediment (or bed)

Words related to Casting

drop, direct, count, choose, pick, lob, impel, shed, shy, sling, fling, fire, toss, pitch, boot, chuck, drive, project, launch, hurl

Words nearby Casting

castilian, castilla, castilla la nueva, castilla la vieja, castillo, casting, casting couch, casting director, casting rod, casting vote, casting wheel

Origin of Casting

die castingFirst recorded in 1910–15

Words that may be confused with Casting

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

Other words from Casting

mul·ti·cast·ing , noun
cast·a·ble , adjective
cast·a·bil·i·ty , noun
sub·cast , noun
un·cast , adjective
well-cast , adjective
die-cast·ing , adjective

Word origin for Casting

C13: from Old Norse kasta

Synonyms for Casting

drop, boot, bung, chuck, drive, fire, fling, heave, hurl, impel, launch, lob, peg, pitch, project, shed, shy, sling, thrust, toss