Word Meaning

Meaning of cast

- 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.

Crossword clue for cast

- Acting group
- Actors are plastered
- Actors throw line out
- Actors’ throwaway line
- Assign to a role
- Cats assembly?!
- Company of actors
- diffuse
- Eject
- Emit (shadow, e.g.)
- Ensemble
- Felines
- Gave role to
- Group of players
- Members of a play
- Outgoings
- Plaster bandage
- Set of actors
- Shed (skin)
- Team of players
- Throw
- Throw (fishing line)
- Throw forcefully
- throw line out
- Throw starts curving and strikes teammate
- Thrown aside