CAST
\kˈast], \kˈast], \k_ˈa_s_t]\
Definitions of CAST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
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object formed by a mold
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bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
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select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona"
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deposit; "cast a vote"; "cast a ballot"
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(of molten metal or glass) formed by pouring or pressing into a mold
By Princeton University
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eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
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object formed by a mold
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bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
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move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next".
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To vomit.
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To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
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To direct or turn, as the eyes.
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To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
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To throw down, as in wrestling.
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To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
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To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
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To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
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To throw out or emit; to exhale.
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To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
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To impose; to bestow; to rest.
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To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.
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To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.
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To contrive; to plan.
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To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
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To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
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To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
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To stereotype or electrotype.
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To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
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To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
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To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
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To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
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To calculate; to compute.
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To receive form or shape in a mold.
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To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
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3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.
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The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
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The thing thrown.
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The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
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A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
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That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.
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The act of casting in a mold.
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An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
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That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.
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Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.
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A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
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A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.
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The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
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A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
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A stoke, touch, or trick.
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A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
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A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
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Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
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Contrivance; plot, design.
By Oddity Software
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To vomit.
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To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
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To direct or turn, as the eyes.
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To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
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To throw down, as in wrestling.
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To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
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To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
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To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
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To throw out or emit; to exhale.
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To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
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To impose; to bestow; to rest.
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To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.
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To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.
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To contrive; to plan.
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To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
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To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
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To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
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To stereotype or electrotype.
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To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
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To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
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To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
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To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
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To calculate; to compute.
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To receive form or shape in a mold.
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To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
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3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.
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The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
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The thing thrown.
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The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
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A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
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That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.
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The act of casting in a mold.
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An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
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That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.
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Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.
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A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
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A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.
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The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
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A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
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A stoke, touch, or trick.
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A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
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A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
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Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
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Contrivance; plot, design.
By Noah Webster.
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To vomit.
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1. An object formed by the solidification of a liquid poured into a mould. 2 A mould of a tubular structure, such as a bronchial tube or a renal tubule, formed by a plastic exudate.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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To vomit.
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The act of casting; a throw; the thing thrown; the distance thrown; motion or turn of the eye; direction, look, or glance; a throw of dice; chance; the form into which a thing is cast; a thing so formed; an impression; shape; mould; a tinge; manner or mien; allotment of parts in a play. To cast aside, to dismiss or reject as useless or inconvenient. To cast away, to reject; to waste; to wreck. To cast down, to throw down; to depress. To cast forth, to throw out; to emit. To cast off, to discard. To cast out, to turn out. To cast up, to reckon up; to upbraid; to vomit. To cast one's self on, to resign or yield one's self to the disposal of, without reserve. To cast young, to miscarry. To cast in the tecth, to upbraid; to charge; to twit. To cast off copy, to ascertain how many printed pages will be made out of a manuscript.
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To throw, fling, drive, or thrust; to shed; to direct; to discharge; to throw up; to throw down; to condeinn; to compute; to contrive; to assign, as the parts in a play to the actors; to mould; to throw off, as a proof.
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To throw, as a line; to reekon accounts; to consider; to receive form or shape; to warp.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To throw; hurl; to project; shed; as, the snake casts its skin; direct or turn; as, cast the eyes; throw violently; as, to cast a prisoner into jail; calculate; as, cast up a bill; form into a certain shape; assign to various actors.
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Cast.
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Casting.
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To throw the line in angling; receive form or shape in a mold.
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The act of throwing a line, shaping a mold, etc.; the distance to which a thing may be thrown; motion or turn; said of the eye; the form or shape; manner; appearance; as, a cast of countenance; a tinge; as, a cast of green; the company of actors to whom the parts of a play are assigned; an impression or mold.
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Caster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To throw or fling: to throw down: to throw together or reckon: to mould or shape.
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To warp:-pa.t. and pa.p. cast.
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Act of casting: a throw: the thing thrown: the distance thrown: a motion, turn, or squint, as of the eye: a chance: a mould: the form received from a mould: manner: the assignment of the various parts of a play to the several actors: the company of actors to whom such have been assigned.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To throw with force; fling; hurl.
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To throw off, out, or over; emit; shed; deposit; give; impute.
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To shape in a mold; found; stereotype.
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To compute; calculate.
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To assign, as an actor of a part.
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A throw; anything thrown.
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An object shaped in a mold.
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An impression, as in wax.
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A characteristic formation; stamp; shade.
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Theat. The distribution of parts to performers.
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A hereditary social class, as one of those found in Hindustan.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To throw or fling; to sow seed; to reject; to reckon; to contrive or plan; to mould or shape, to ponder or weigh, as in the mind.
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A throw; the distance passed by a thing thrown; a glance or a turn of the eye; chance or hazard; a form or shape; a tinge; manner; whatever is run into a mould.
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To cast aside, to dismiss or reject; to cast away, to reject; to lavish; to cast down, to deject or depress; to cast forth, to throw out; to exhale; to cast off, to discard, or to put away; to cast out, to reject; to throw or turn out; to cast up, to compute; to reckon; to eject or vomit; to cast on, to put or place on, as loops of worsted on wires; to cast one's self on, to resign or yield to the disposal of, without reserve; to cast in the teeth, to upbraid; to blame for; to cast in one's lot with any one, to take the chance; to share the fortune; last-cast, all ventured on one effort.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Contortion, Caste-c. in the Eye, see Strabismus.
By Robley Dunglison
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A mass of moulded plastic material produced by effusion. Casts are named according to their constituents, as Blood, epithelial, fatty, granular, hyaline, mucous, waxy, etc.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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To shed, get rid of, expel; to throw into a suitable posture for examination or operation. [Dan.]
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Applied to the eye, a popular name for strabismus or squint.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. The act of casting; a throw;—the thing thrown;—the distance to which a thing is thrown;—a chance or venture;—act of casting in a mould;—form or shape;—a slight degree of colour as a cast of red;—assignment of parts in a play;—the actors to whom the parts are assigned;—a motion or turn as of the eye; direction; glance.
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The act of casting or throwing, a throw; state of any thing cast or thrown; a stroke, a touch; motion of the eye; the throw of dice; chance from the cast of dice; a mould, a form; a shade, or tendency to any colour; exterior appearance; manner, air, mien; a flight of hawks.
By Thomas Sheridan
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