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[Cast]

A cast is the group of actors who make up a film or stage play. And the act of being chosen for the part? Well, they were cast by the director. That's showbiz for you.

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To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.

Noun
a violent throw

Noun
the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel

Noun
the act of throwing dice

Noun
object formed by a mold

Noun
bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal

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Noun
container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

Noun
the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features"

Noun
the actors in a play

Noun
the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region"

Verb
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"

Verb
formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn''t put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

Verb
choose at random; "draw a card"; "cast lots"

Verb
throw forcefully

Verb
get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"

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put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"

Verb
form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture"

Verb
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"

Verb
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"; "They ro

Verb
deposit; "cast a vote"; "cast a ballot"

Verb
assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors; "Who cast this beautiful movie?"

Adjective S.
(of molten metal or glass) formed by pouring or pressing into a mold

imp. & p. p.
of Cast

v. t.
To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.

v. t.
To direct or turn, as the eyes.

v. t.
To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.

v. t.
To throw down, as in wrestling.

v. t.
To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.

v. t.
To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.

v. t.
To bring forth prematurely; to slink.

v. t.
To throw out or emit; to exhale.

v. t.
To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.

v. t.
To impose; to bestow; to rest.

v. t.
To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.

v. t.
To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.

v. t.
To contrive; to plan.

v. t.
To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.

v. t.
To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To stereotype or electrotype.

v. t.
To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.

v. i.
To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.

v. i.
To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.

v. i.
To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.

v. i.
To calculate; to compute.

v. i.
To receive form or shape in a mold.

v. i.
To warp; to become twisted out of shape.

v. i.
To vomit.

3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.

n.
The act of casting or throwing; a throw.

n.
The thing thrown.

n.
The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.

n.
A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.

n.
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.

n.
The act of casting in a mold.

n.
An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.

n.
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.

n.
Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.

n.
A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.

n.
A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.

n.
The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.

n.
A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.

n.
A stoke, touch, or trick.

n.
A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.

n.
A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.

n.
Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.

n.
Contrivance; plot, design.

Cast

Cast , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cast; p. pr. & vb. n. Casting.] [Cf. Dan. kastw, Icel. & Sw. kasta; perh. akin to L. gerer to bear, carry. E. Jest.] 1. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.

Uzziash prepared . . . slings to cast stones.

Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

We must be cast upon a certain island.

2. To direct or turn, as the eyes.

How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me!

3. To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot. 4. To throw down, as in wrestling. Shak. 5. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.

Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank] about thee.

6. To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.

His filth within being cast.

Neither shall your vine cast her fruit.

The creatures that cast the skin are the snake, the viper, etc.

7. To bring forth prematurely; to slink.

Thy she-goats have not cast their young.

8. To throw out or emit; to exhale. [Obs.]

This . . . casts a sulphureous smell.

9. To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject. 10. To impose; to bestow; to rest.

The government I cast upon my brother.

Cast thy burden upon the Lord.

11. To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. [Obs.]

The state can not with safety casthim. 12. To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope. "Let it be cast and paid." Shak.
You cast the event of war my noble lord.
13. To contrive; to plan. [Archaic]
The cloister . . . had, I doubt not, been cast for [an orange- house].
14. To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
She was cast to be hanged.

Were the case referred to any competent judge, they would inevitably be cast.
15. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious!
16. 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. 17. (Print.) To stereotype or electrotype. 18. To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
Our parts in the other world will be new cast.
To cast anchor (Naut.) Se under Anchor. -- To cast a horoscope, to calculate it. -- To cast a horse, sheep, or other animal, to throw with the feet upwards, in such a manner as to prevent its rising again. -- To cast a shoe, to throw off or lose a shoe, said of a horse or ox. -- To cast aside, to throw or push aside; to neglect; to reject as useless or inconvenient. -- To cast away. (a) To throw away; to lavish; to waste. "Cast away a life" Addison. (b) To reject; to let perish. "Cast away his people." Rom. xi. 1. "Cast one away." Shak. (c) To wreck. "Cast away and sunk." Shak. -- To cast by, to reject; to dismiss or discard; to throw away. -- To cast down, to throw down; to destroy; to deject or depress, as the mind. "Why art thou cast down. O my soul?" Ps. xiii. 5. -- To cast forth, to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed place; to emit; to send out. -- To cast in one's lot with, to share the fortunes of. -- To cast in one's teeth, to upbraid or abuse one for; to twin. -- To cast lots. See under Lot. -- To cast off. (a) To discard or reject; to drive away; to put off; to free one's self from. (b) (Hunting) To leave behind, as dogs; also, to set loose, or free, as dogs. Crabb. (c) (Naut.) To untie, throw off, or let go, as a rope. -- To cast off copy, (Print.), to estimate how much printed matter a given amount of copy will make, or how large the page must be in order that the copy may make a given number of pages. -- To cast one's self on ∨ upon to yield or submit one's self unreservedly to. as to the mercy of another. -- To cast out, to throy out; to eject, as from a house; to cast forth; to expel; to utter. -- To cast the lead (Naut.), to sound by dropping the lead to the botton. -- To cast the water (Med.), to examine the urine for signs of disease. [Obs.]. -- To cast up. (a) To throw up; to raise. (b) To compute; to reckon, as the cost. (c) To vomit. (d) To twit with; to throw in one's teeth.
Cast
Cast , v. i. 1. To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook. 2. (Naut.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
Weigh anchor, cast to starboard.
3. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
She . . . cast in her mind what manner of salution this should be.
4. To calculate; to compute. [R.]
Who would cast and balance at a desk.
5. To receive form or shape in a mold.
It will not run thin, so as to cast and mold.
6. To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
Stuff is said to cast or warp when . . . it alters its flatness or straightness.
7. To vomit.
These verses . . . make me ready to cast.

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Cast, 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Cast
Cast, n. [Cf. Icel., Dan., & Sw. kast.] 1. The act of casting or throwing; a throw. 2. The thing thrown.
A cast of dreadful dust.
3. The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown. "About a stone's cast." Luke xxii. 41. 4. A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
An even cast whether the army should march this way or that way. Sowth.
I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die.
5. 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. 6. The act of casting in a mold.
And why such daily cast of brazen cannon.
7. An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern. 8. 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. 9. Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a pecullar cast of countenance. "A neat cast of verse." Pope.
An heroic poem, but in another cast and figure.

And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.
10. A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
Gray with a cast of green.
11. A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift. [Scotch]
We bargained with the driver to give us a cast to the next stage.

If we had the cast o' a cart to bring it.
12. The assignment of parts in a play to the actors. 13. (Falconary) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand. Grabb.
As when a cast of falcons make their flight.
14. A stoke, touch, or trick. [Obs.]
This was a cast of Wood's politics; for his information was wholly false.
15. A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
The cast of the eye is a gesture of aversion.

And let you see with one cast of an eye.

This freakish, elvish cast came into the child's eye.
16. A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold. 17. Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp. 18. Contrivance; plot, design. [Obs.] Chaucer. A cast of the eye, a slight squint or strabismus. -- Renal cast (Med.), microscopic bodies found in the urine of persons affected with disease of the kidneys; -- so called because they are formed of matter deposited in, and preserving the outline of, the renal tubes. -- The last cast, the last throw of the dice or last effort, on which every thing is ventured; the last chance.
To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.
The act of casting or throwing; a throw.

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Usage Examples

'Twilight' is such an amazing project, and I think it opened up doors for all of us cast members.

Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.

But I fear, my lot being cast in Scotland, that beauty would not be content.

As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.

Everybody hangs out with everybody, which is very strange for a cast this large and this young. We're all cool and down to earth and not caught up in this maniacal business at all... . Everybody really, really likes everybody else.

At issue in the Hiss Case was the question whether this sick society, which we call Western civilization, could in its extremity still cast up a man whose faith in it was so great that he would voluntarily abandon those things which men hold good, including life, to defend it.

Anytime you cast a movie and you need someone famous in the lead part, you're a prisoner of whoever happens to be famous in the six-month window in which you're trying to get a film financed.

Everyone would talk about their diets and working out and what it made me do was go to craft services where all the food for the cast and crew was and I would eat.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.

A good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be effective in it. If it's in a funny movie and, as long as they are cast in an appropriate way, humor will come from it.

Bad leadership during the past years has cast on our Party the shadow of great and grave burdens.

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

But he is unworthy the name of a minister of the gospel of peace, who is unwilling, not only to have his name cast out as evil, but also to die for the truths of the Lord Jesus.

Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.

Everyone at 'CSI' has been so great to work with, and so great in terms of scheduling. There's a real feeling of family on that set... I've grown to have so much respect for the cast and crew - they're been together so many years and still care about the show and each other.

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today!

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