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Cast as a Noun
Definitions of "Cast" as a noun
Synonyms of "Cast" as a noun (43 Words)
Usage Examples of "Cast" as a noun
Cast as a Verb
Definitions of "Cast" as a verb
Synonyms of "Cast" as a verb (105 Words)
Usage Examples of "Cast" as a verb
Associations of "Cast" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Cast” are: couch, frame, put, redact, mold, mould, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander, contrive, project, throw, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw away, throw off, hurl, hurtle, barf, be sick, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, draw, emit, give off, send out, send forth, radiate, diffuse, spread out, form, create, make, produce, cause, register, record, enter, file, lodge, post, set down, vote, toss, fling, pitch, bowl, dash, shy, lob, launch, flip, let fly, direct, discharge, propel, send, shoot, turn, dart, bestow, give, fashion, shape, model, bewitch, enchant, discard, slough off, get rid of, let fall, let drop, calculate, devise, compute, reckon, determine, assess, work out, formulate, write, casting, cast of characters, dramatis personae, plaster bandage, plaster cast, stamp, replica, copy, representation, mock-up, imitation, reproduction, duplicate, type, sort, kind, variety, class, style, nature, manner, pattern, grain, ilk, kidney, strain, brand, genre, squint

Cast as a Noun

Definitions of "Cast" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cast” as a noun can have the following definitions:

The act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel.
The act of throwing dice.
A pair or group of hawks or falcons.
A slight squint.
Object formed by a mold.
The form or appearance of something, especially someone's features or complexion.
The visual appearance of something or someone.
A wide sweep made by a sheepdog in mustering sheep.
A bandage stiffened with plaster of Paris, moulded to the shape of a limb that is broken and used to support and protect it.
A violent throw.
A wide search made by a hound or pack of hounds to find a trail.
An object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mould.
The actors in a play.
A throw or a number thrown at dice.
The distinctive form in which a thing is made.
The character of something.
A mould used to make an object by casting.
A pellet regurgitated by a hawk or owl.
A throw of a fishing line.
The leader of a fishing line.
Bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal.
An act of throwing something forcefully.
Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens.

Synonyms of "Cast" as a noun (43 Words)

brand	An identifying mark burned on livestock or in former times criminals or slaves with a branding iron. The brand* on a sheep identifies it as mine.*
cast of characters	Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens.
casting	The act of creating something by casting it in a mold. Bronze castings.
class	A course of instruction. I took classes in Indian music.
copy	A reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record. No more stubble no more trouble trumpeted their ad copy.
dramatis personae	An actor’s portrayal of someone in a play.
duplicate	A pawnbroker’s ticket. He made a duplicate* for the files.*
fling	The act of flinging. One final fling* before a tranquil retirement.*
flip	The act of flipping a coin. With a flip* of the wrist.*
form	A set order of words a formula. His eyes scanned her slender form.
genre	An expressive style of music. Genre scenes.
grain	A grainy appearance of a photograph or negative which is in proportion to the size of the emulsion particles composing it. He scored along the grain* of the table with the knife.*
hurl	A ride in a vehicle; a lift. Hey pal any chance of a hurl.
ilk	Of the place or estate of the same name. I can t tolerate people of his ilk.
imitation	The doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations. He attempted an atrocious imitation* of my English accent.*
kidney	The kidney of a sheep ox or pig as food. I hoped that he would not prove of similar kidney.
kind	A group of people or things having similar characteristics. The trials were different in kind* from any that preceded them.*
lob	In sport a ball lobbed over an opponent or a stroke producing this result. Federer played a lob* and Nadal s high volley was in the net.*
manner	Polite or well-bred social behaviour. An adverb of manner.
mock-up	Full-scale working model of something built for study or testing or display.
model	The plan for the reorganization of the Parliamentary army, passed by the House of Commons in 1644–5. As she grew older she became a model* of self control.*
mold	A dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold. A lobster mold.
mould	A frame or template for producing mouldings. He planned to conquer the world as a roving reporter in the mould* of his hero.*
nature	Inborn or hereditary characteristics as an influence on or determinant of personality. The laws of nature.
pattern	Something intended as a guide for making something else. A neat blue herringbone pattern.
pitch	Baseball the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter. Her voice rose steadily in pitch.
plaster bandage	A surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling.
plaster cast	A surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling.
replica	Copy that is not the original; something that has been copied. A replica* of the Empire State Building.*
representation	The right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body. You may qualify for free legal representation.
reproduction	The action or process of copying something. A reproduction* of Monet s Wild Poppies.*
roll	A roll of currency notes often taken as the resources of a person or business etc. Salmon and rice rolls.
shape	The state of good health especially in the phrases in condition or in shape or out of condition or out of shape. He was in no shape* to drive.*
shy	A sudden startled movement, especially of a frightened horse. He gave the ball a shy* to the first baseman.*
sort	A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality. What sort* of person is he.*
squint	The act of squinting looking with the eyes partly closed. Let me have a squint.
stamp	A mark or pattern made by a stamp especially one indicating official validation. He put his stamp* on the envelope.*
strain	A severe or excessive demand on the strength, resources, or abilities of someone or something. The accusations put a strain* on relations between the two countries.*
style	In an invertebrate a small slender pointed appendage a stylet. A striking feature of Swift s style* is his use of conjunctions.*
throw	An illegitimate delivery considered to have been thrown rather than properly bowled. This decision represents something of a final throw.
toss	The action of tossing a coin as a method of deciding which team has the right to make a particular decision at the beginning of a game. The toss* of a coin.*
type	Metal types used in letterpress printing. Blood types.
variety	A collection containing a variety of sorts of things. It s the variety* that makes my job so enjoyable.*

Usage Examples of "Cast" as a noun

She had a somewhat masculine cast of countenance.
Pottery of this cast was found throughout the region.
Bronze casts of the sculpture.
The delicate cast of his features.
The artist's casts and moulds became the property of the museum.
The colours he wore emphasized the olive cast of his skin.
I swung the rod out for a cast.
He gave one thousand pounds for a cast of hawks.
'tis no winning cast.
He grabbed a spear for a third cast.
I had to spend a month in a cast.
He had a cast in one eye.
This question is for minds of a more philosophical cast than mine.

Cast as a Verb

Definitions of "Cast" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cast” as a verb can have the following definitions:

Throw forcefully.
(of a dog) search in different directions for a lost scent.
Shed (skin or horns) in the process of growth.
Select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet.
Let down (an anchor or sounding line).
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
Register (a vote.
Get rid of.
(of a horse) lose (a shoe).
Cause (uncertainty or disapproval) to be associated with something.
Choose at random.
Shape (metal or other material) by pouring it into a mould while molten.
Let loose (hounds) on a scent.
Form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold.
Formulate in a particular style or language.
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
Assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors.
Direct (one's eyes or a look) at something.
Throw (something) forcefully in a specified direction.
(in country dancing) change one's position by moving a certain number of places in a certain direction along the outside of the line in which one is dancing.
Immobilize (an animal, especially a cow) by using a rope to cause it to fall on its side.
Cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface.
Cause (a magic spell) to take effect.
Deposit.
Put or send forth.
Calculate and record details of (a horoscope.
Make (a moulded object) by casting metal.
Arrange and present in a specified form or style.
Throw (a net, or the hooked and baited end of (a fishing line) out into the water.

Synonyms of "Cast" as a verb (105 Words)

assess	Evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of. It is difficult to assess* whether this is a new trend.*
be sick	Have life, be alive.
bestow	Bestow a quality on. Stooping to bestow* the presents into eager hands.*
bewitch	Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something. A handsome prince who had been bewitched by a sorceress.
bowl	Engage in the sport of bowling. My parents like to bowl* on Friday nights.*
calculate	Predict in advance. I was bright enough to calculate* that she had been on vacation.*
cast off	Get rid of.
cat	Beat with a cat o nine tails. I kept her off the wind and sailing free until I had the anchor catted.
cause	Give rise to cause to happen or occur not always intentionally. Cause an accident.
chuck	Throw (something) carelessly or casually. Chucking money at the problem won t solve it.
compute	Reckon or calculate (a figure or amount. The hire charge is computed on a daily basis.
contrive	Put or send forth. His opponents contrived a cabinet crisis.
couch	Lower (a spear) to the position for attack. Two fair creatures couched side by side in deepest grass.
create	Create by artistic means. Little kids create* because they hate being ignored.*
dart	Move along rapidly and lightly skim or dart. She darted across the street.
dash	Cause to lose courage. Waves were dashing against the rock.
determine	Find out learn or determine with certainty usually by making an inquiry or other effort. It will be her mental attitude that determines her future.
devise	Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. Devise a plan to take over the director s office.
diffuse	Spread or diffuse through. Gas is diffused into the bladder.
direct	Aim something in a particular direction or at a particular person. Criticism directed at her superior.
discard	Get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable. Hilary bundled up the clothes she had discarded.
discharge	Go off or discharge. The overflow should discharge* in an obvious place.*
disgorge	Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over. The combine disgorged a steady stream of grain.
draw	Represent by making a drawing of as with a pencil chalk etc on a surface. He had to learn to draw* the ball not least for the tee shots at Augusta.*
drift	Cause to be carried by a current. Don t drift* from the set course.*
drop	Let or cause to fall in drops. The land drops away to the river.
emit	Make (a sound. She emitted a sound like laughter.
enchant	Attract; cause to be enamored. Marcia had enchanted the rope so that it simply regenerated when any length was cut off.
enter	Set out on an enterprise or subject of study. Enter a race.
fashion	Make into a particular form. She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks.
file	File a formal charge against. File a complaint.
fling	Throw with force or recklessness. Fling the frisbee.
flip	Move with a flick or light motion. Individual investors often flip* the shares they buy within days even hours.*
form	Give shape or form to. Form the young child s character.
formulate	Prepare according to a formula. Use special effects paints that are formulated for the task.
frame	Enclose in or as if in a frame. A short style cut to frame* the face.*
get rid of	Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
give	Leave with give temporarily. This student gives promise of real creativity.
give off	Give (as medicine.
honk	Make or cause to make a honk. Geese circled around and honked.
hurl	Throw forcefully. The demonstrators hurled abuse at councillors.
hurtle	Make a thrusting forward movement. A runaway car hurtled towards them.
launch	Launch for the first time launch on a maiden voyage. Launch a career.
let drop	Leave unchanged.
let fall	Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen.
let fly	Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract.
lob	Propel in a high arc. Lob the tennis ball.
lodge	Be a lodger stay temporarily. Lodge a bullet in the table.
make	Make or cause to be or to become. Make clay into bricks.
model	Construct a model of. The clothes were modelled by celebrities.
mold	Become moldy spoil due to humidity. She molded the rice balls carefully.
mould	Form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold. He was instrumental in moulding the policy and ideals of the journal.
pitch	Hit the ball on to the green with a pitch shot. Another sort of stone is used for pitching streets.
post	Publicize with or as if with a poster. The company posted the news on its blog yesterday.
produce	Supervise the making of (a musical recording), especially by determining the overall sound. They produce* good ham in Parma.*
project	Project on a screen. Spending was projected at 72 900 million.
propel	Give an incentive for action. Steam propels this ship.
puke	Vomit. He puked up his pizza.
purge	Remove (a group of people considered undesirable) from an organization or place in an abrupt or violent way. The doctor decided that the patient must be purged.
put	Put into a certain place or abstract location. Put your ideas in writing.
radiate	Spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate. The hot stars radiate* energy.*
ramble	Walk for pleasure in the countryside. Roses climbed rambled hung over walls.
range	Obtain the range of a target by adjustment after firing past it or short of it or by the use of radar or laser equipment. Tribes who ranged the windswept lands of the steppe.
reckon	Establish by calculation. The Byzantine year was reckoned from 1 September.
record	Make a record of set down in permanent form. The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death.
redact	Edit (text) for publication. A confidential memo which has been redacted from 25 pages to just one paragraph.
register	Put one s name in a register as a guest in a hotel. They registered their third consecutive draw.
regorge	Flow back again. The least east wind makes their waters regorge* and overspread a vast extent of level ground.*
regurgitate	Repeat (information) without analysing or comprehending it. The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night.
retch	Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit. The sour taste in her mouth made her retch.
roam	(of a person’s mind or thoughts) drift along without dwelling on anything in particular. Her eyes roamed over the chattering women.
roll	Shape by rolling. Roll your hair around your finger.
rove	Wander over or through (a place) without a fixed destination. The policeman s eyes roved around the pub.
send	Send a message or letter. It s the spectacle and music that send* us not the words.*
send forth	Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place.
send out	Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
set down	Become gelatinous.
shake off	Undermine or cause to waver.
shape	Give shape or form to. His childhood was shaped by a loving relationship with his elder brother.
shed	Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over. Our dog sheds every Spring.
shoot	Of a bud or shoot appear sprout. A road that seemed to just shoot* upwards at a terrifying angle.*
shy	Avoid doing or becoming involved in (something) due to nervousness or a lack of confidence. Don t shy* away from saying what you think.*
sick	Bring something up by vomiting. She sicked up all over the carpet.
slough off	Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.
spew	Be poured or forced out in large quantities. Buses were spewing out black clouds of exhaust.
spread out	Spread out or open from a closed or folded state.
spue	Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
stray	Be unfaithful to a spouse or partner. Over these mounds the shepherd strays.
swan	Sweep majestically. Airplanes were swanning over the mountains.
throw	Throw a die out onto a flat surface. Throw the car into reverse.
throw away	Propel through the air.
throw off	Move violently, energetically, or carelessly.
throw up	Cause to fall off.
toss	Throw or toss with a light motion. I could demand her keys and toss* her office.*
turn	To break and turn over earth especially with a plow. The tides turned against him.
upchuck	Vomit. I almost upchucked my toasted marshmallows.
vagabond	Wander about as or like a vagabond. He went vagabonding about the world.
vomit up	Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
vote	Express one s preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution cast a vote. I voted Labour.
wander	Move slowly away from a fixed point or place. Please don t wander* off again.*
work out	Arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion.
write	Write music. Thank you and goodbye I ll write* soon.*

Usage Examples of "Cast" as a verb

Votes have been cast in 40 per cent of the seats.
The moon cast a pale light over the cottages.
Cast a ballot.
Lemmings cast themselves off the cliff.
She cast down her eyes.
Journalists cast doubt on the government's version of events.
The dog cast furiously for the vanished rabbit.
The fishermen cast a large net around a school of tuna.
He jumped in, casting caution to the wind.
He issued statements cast in tones of reason.
Cast a spell.
When hammered or cast, bronze could be made into tools.
He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona.
She cast him a desperate glance.
A bell was cast for the church.
The antlers are cast each year.
Cast a bronze sculpture.
Cast lots.
The witch cast a spell on her to turn her into a beast.
You can look at the star chart cast at somebody's birth.
Cast a warm light.
The city casts a spell on the visitor.
He cast the book down on to the chair angrily.
Cast a vote.
Cross the set and cast down one place.
She cast her request in very polite language.
Who cast this beautiful movie?
Casting the hounds into cover, we stood and listened.

Associations of "Cast" (30 Words)

aimless	Aimlessly drifting. An aimless* existence.*
aimlessly	Without purpose or direction. We wandered aimlessly* round Venice.*
beggar	Reduce to beggary. Why should I beggar* myself for you.*
catch	Be the catcher. He bellowed something Jess couldn t catch.
drift	Cause to be carried by a current. The pilot had not noticed any appreciable drift.
floating	Not definitely committed to a party or policy. Floating logs.
flotsam	People or things that have been rejected or discarded as worthless. The room was cleared of boxes and other flotsam.
gad	Go from place to place in the pursuit of pleasure. He had heard that I was gadding about with an airline stewardess.
gallivant	Wander aimlessly in search of pleasure. She quit her job to go gallivanting around the globe.
hurl	Throw or impel (someone or something) with great force. Hey pal any chance of a hurl.
hurtle	Move or cause to move at high speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner. The trucks hurtled them through the grassland to the construction sites.
lunge	An exercise or gymnastic movement resembling the lunge of a fencer. John lunged forward and grabbed him by the throat.
nomadic	Migratory. The nomadic* habits of the Bedouins.*
ramble	Continue talking or writing in a desultory manner. This novel rambles on and jogs.
rambling	Of a path e.g. A rambling* speech about this and that.*
roam	(of a person’s mind or thoughts) drift along without dwelling on anything in particular. Tigers once roamed over most of Asia.
rove	Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. The policeman s eyes roved around the pub.
rudderless	Lacking a clear sense of one’s aims or principles. Today s leadership is rudderless.
stray	An animal that has strayed especially a domestic animal. He pushed a few stray* hairs from her face.*
throw	Throw a die out onto a flat surface. I can throw* my voice I could make a fortune as a medium.*
truant	Of a pupil being a truant. If my daughter had been truanting from school I would have been informed.
trudge	Walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions. She trudged through blinding snow.
undirected	Lacking direction; without a particular aim, purpose, or target. She was full of ineffectual undirected* anger.*
vagabond	Anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place. He went vagabonding about the world.
vagrant	Relating to or living the life of a vagrant. Vagrant whales.
wander	An act or instance of wandering. I wandered through the narrow streets.
wanderer	A computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine. He is a longtime seaman a rootless wanderer.
wandering	Of a path e.g. His life followed a wandering* course.*