Cast Meaning in English

of Cast To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel. To direct or turn, as the eyes. To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot. To throw down, as in wrestling. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart. To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose. To bring forth prematurely; to slink. To throw out or emit; to exhale. To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject. To impose; to bestow; to rest. To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope. To contrive; to plan. To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice. 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. To stereotype or electrotype. To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part. To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook. To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons. To calculate; to compute. To receive form or shape in a mold. To warp; to become twisted out of shape. To vomit. 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth. The act of casting or throwing; a throw. The thing thrown. The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown. A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture. 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. The act of casting in a mold. An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern. 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. Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance. A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade. A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift. The assignment of parts in a play to the actors. A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand. A stoke, touch, or trick. A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint. A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold. Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp. Contrivance; plot, design.