Your journalist, whether he takes charge of a ship or a fleet, almost invariably «casts» his anchor.
Now for my own chance.» He cast the dice in his turn.
Wardour prepared to cast, without shaking the dice.
To those of the white race who look to the incoming of those of foreign birth and strange tongue and habits of the prosperity of the South, were I permitted I would repeat what I say to my own race: «Cast down your bucket where you are.» Cast it down among the eight millions of Negroes whose habits you know, whose fidelity and love you have tested in days when to have proved treacherous meant the ruin of your firesides.
While he was putting up the other cast and coming down from the chair, the thought crossed my mind that all his personal jewellery was derived from like sources.
«Pray,» said I, as the two odious casts with the twitchy leer upon them caught my sight again, «whose likenesses are those?»
All these and more came flocking; but with looks Down cast and damp, yet such wherein appear’d Obscure som glimps of joy, to have found thir chief Not in despair, to have found themselves not lost In loss it self; which on his count’nance cast Like doubtful hue: but he his wonted pride Soon recollecting, with high words, that bore Semblance of worth not substance, gently rais’d Their fainted courage, and dispel’d their fears.
As when bands Of Pioners with Spade and Pickaxe arm’d Forerun the Royal Camp, to trench a Field, Or cast a Rampart.
The Bayonnaise cast her anchor before Vanikoro some months after the departure of the Astrolabe, but found no new document; but stated that the savages had respected the monument to La Perouse.
Quasimodo was barely conscious of a soul cast in his own image, moving blindly within him.
This William of ours is a stout man, too, and never have I seen him cast in the ring before, albeit he hath not yet striven with such great wrestlers as Thomas of Cornwall, Diccon of York, and young David of Doncaster.
Thus, once on a time, did I also cast my fancy beyond man, like all backworldsmen.
The stairs likewise to the upper rooms, let them be upon a fair open newel, and finely railed in, with images of wood, cast into a brass color; and a very fair landing-place at the top.
The doctor cast a rapid glance upwards and silently shrugged his shoulders.
As it is evident that my people have advised me wrongly, I will not cast you three people into the dreadful Garden of the Clinging Vines; but your animals must be driven into the Black Pit in the mountain, for my subjects cannot bear to have them around.»
«Journalism is an art of turning enemies into money.» — Журналистика — это искусство превращения врагов в деньги
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cast about /around /round (for sth)
(v adv, v adv рr) стараться найти или обдумать (что-л.) в спешке или в затруднительных обстоятельствах |
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cast sb/sth aside
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cast sb/sth away
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cast sb/sth down
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cast (sth) up
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cast sb/sth out
(v n adv) [имеется inv] |
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cast sb/sth off
1 (v n adv) [имеется n и inv] |
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cast-off
[n] одежда, временно не используемая ¦ She permitted her sister to wear her cast-offs — Она разрешила |
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cast-off
[n] покинутый, брошенный человек; изгнанник ¦ In |
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be cast in a different mould
(be cast in a different (heroic, the same, etc.) mould) другого (героического, того же, одинакового и т. п.) склада; совершенно иной, непохожий (похожий, такой же) But I don’t mean to flatter you: if you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: nature did it. (Ch. Bront™, ‘Jane Eyre’, ch. XIV) — Но я не собираюсь льстить вам: если вы сотворены иначе, чем огромное большинство, — это не ваша заслуга. Такой вас сделала природа. Deborah’s friends!.. Some dark like this young man, some fair, an occasional red-haired one — but all cast in the same mould — pleasant, well-mannered… (A. Christie, ‘N or M?’, ch. XI) — Друзья Деборы!.. Одни брюнеты, как этот молодой человек, другие блондины, а попадаются и рыжие. Но в одном отношении все они похожи друг на друга: это приятные, воспитанные люди… |
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cast
— cast an imputation on… — cast in the eye — cast of the die — cast smb. aside like an old glove — the last cast — put on a cast — throw the great cast |
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cast a bone between
(cast (in) a bone between) сеять рознь, вражду He did not want to cast a bone between husband and wife. — Он не хотел сеять рознь между мужем и женой. |
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cast a chill over
(cast a chill over (или upon) (conversation, party, etc.)) расхолаживать, действовать угнетающе His presence cast an unusual chill upon the party. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Magician’, ch. III) — Хаддо всегда действовал угнетающе на присутствующих. |
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cast a cloud
вызывать отчуждённость, «холодок» в отношениях That quarrel cast a cloud on their relations. — После этой ссоры их отношения стали натянутыми. |
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cast a false colour on smth.
(cast (или put) a false colour (или false colours) on smth. (тж. paint smth. in или with false colours)) представлять что-л. в ложном свете, искажать что-л.; см. тж. give a false colour to smth. A: «What I don’t like about him is that he’s so snobbish and stand-offish.» B: «You’ve put quite a false colour on things there.» (SPI) — А: «Мне не нравится в нем его снобизм и высокомерие. Б. Ну, вы его изобразили слишком черными красками.» He is being very honest here, he is not trying to paint with false colours. — Он старается рассуждать как можно объективнее, говорить без прикрас. |
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cast a glamour over smb.
(cast a (или the) glamour over smb.) очаровывать, зачаровывать кого-л. He knows father and daughter both. They cast their glamour on him. (Ch. Reade, ‘The Cloister and the Hearth’, ch. VII) — Питер Байскенс знаком с отцом и дочерью. Они просто очаровали его. |
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cast a glance at smb.
(cast (dart, flash, shoot или throw) a glance at smb. (или smth.)) бросить быстрый взгляд на кого-л. (или что-л.); см. тж. throw a glimpse at smb. и cast a look at smb. Paddy darted a suspicious glance at her quiet, faintly smiling face… (K. S. Prichard, ‘Winged Seeds’, ch. XVII) — Пэдди метнул исполненный подозрения взгляд на ее спокойное, улыбающееся лицо… Japp threw Poirot an inquiring glance and the other gave a hardly perceptible nod. (A. Christie, ‘Dead Man’s Mirror’, ‘Murder in the Mews’) — Джэпп вопросительно взглянул на Пуаро, и тот еле заметно кивнул в ответ головой. His face darkened at once, and he flashed me a furious glance. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Bright Day’, ch. 6) — Лицо Бена помрачнело, и он бросил на меня взгляд, полный ярости. |
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cast a gloom on smb.
(cast a gloom on smb. (или smth.)) опечалить кого-л. (или омрачить что-л.) Patrick: «I don’t wish to cast a gloom on the party, but it sounds to me as though father were trying to be facetious.» (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Bread-Winner’, sc. 2) — Патрик: «я не хочу омрачать настроения присутствующих, но, по-моему, это мой отец пытается шутить.» |
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cast a lively colour on smth.
(cast (или put) a lively colour (или colours) on smth. (тж. paint smth. in bright, glowing, glaring, lively или lovely colours)) 1) рисовать что-л. яркими красками, ярко описывать что-л.; см. тж. paint smth. in black colours I made up my mind to go immediately. When I told Andrea, he insisted on coming with me, and although I painted the danger in lively colours, he would not be dissuaded. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Making of a Saint’, ch. XXXV) — Я твердо решил немедленно уйти из города. Когда я сказал об этом Андреа, он сказал, что пойдет вместе со мной, и, хотя я не жалел ярких красок, описывая предстоящую опасность, мне не удалось его разубедить. His shortcomings were painted in glaring colours by his opponents. — Противники расписали его недостатки, не пожалев красок. 2) представлять что-л. в розовом, радужном свете …though I am sure he doesn’t, wilfully exaggerate, he always paints things in such bright colours that one can’t entirely rely on him. (SPI) — …хотя я уверен, что он не склонен к сознательным преувеличениям, но ему все рисуется в таком розовом свете, что его рассказам трудно верить. |
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cast a look at smb.
(cast (flash, fling, shoot или throw) a look at smb. (или smth.)) бросить, метнуть взгляд на кого-л. (или на что-л.); см. тж. cast a glance at smb. и throw a glimpse at smb. She threw him a look of hatred. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The Unconquered’) — Аннетт бросила на него взгляд, полный ненависти. She flashed a look of her magnificent black eyes at Peter. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The Voice of the Turtle’) — Она взглянула на Питера своими дивными черными глазами. Now, as she entered with the cup, he flung at her an irascible look for having kept him waiting exactly nine seconds… (A. J. Cronin, ‘Hatter’s Castle’, book II, ch. 6) — Сегодня, когда мама вошла с чашкой, он разгневанно взглянул на нее: как она посмела заставить его ждать ровно девять секунд… The deputy flashed him a quizzical look… (E. S. Gardner, ‘The D. A. Breaks an Egg’, ch. 13) — Помощник шерифа бросил на Селби вопросительный взгляд… |
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литье, бросок, бросание, отливка, бросать, лить, отбрасывать, отливать
существительное ↓
- бросок; швырок
- бросание, метание; забрасывание (лески и т. п.); закидка
cast of the lead — мор. бросание лота 
- расстояние броска; расстояние, пройденное брошенным предметом
a stone’s cast (from) — а) на расстоянии брошенного камня; б) библ. на вержение камня; в) поблизости; ≅ рукой подать
- метание (костей в игре)
- число выброшенных очков
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глагол ↓
- бросать, кидать, швырять
- метать (кости и т. п.)
- (on, over) разбрасывать (семена и т. п.)
- refl бросаться на колени, к чьим-л. ногам
- сбрасывать (тж. cast off)
the horse cast its rider — лошадь сбросила седока
to cast one’s clothes — сбросить с себя платье /одежду/
to cast from the throne — сбросить с престола, свергнуть
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Мои примеры
Словосочетания
a primitive culture that cast aside infants born with deformities, allowing them to die of exposure to the elements — первобытная культура, которая отвергает младенцев-инвалидов, позволяя им умереть от воздействия стихии
to cast the board — отливать картон
to cast (in) a bone between — сеять рознь, вражду
to cast a stone — бросить камень
to cast ashore — выбрасывать на берег
to cast lots — бросать жребий
to cast an eye / a glance / a look — бросить взгляд
to cast a shadow on smth. — отбрасывать тень на что-л.
to cast doubt on their integrity — подвергать сомнению их честность
to cast a play — распределять роли в пьесе
to cast steel — разливать сталь
Примеры с переводом
Cast aside your fears.
Отбрось свои страхи!
The die is cast / thrown.
Жребий брошен.
Cast off all ropes!
Отдать концы!
She cast her request in very polite language
Она отклонила ее просьбу в очень вежливой формулировке.
He cast up his accounts.
Он прикинул свои расходы.
He cast a glance at the door.
Он бросил взгляд на дверь.
The movie has a stellar cast.
У этого фильма звездный состав. (=в нём играют знаменитые актёры)
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Примеры, ожидающие перевода
There’s a trick to casting properly. 
Only 22% of voters cast their ballots.
Harkin won 74 percent of the votes cast.
Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке ☰, напротив примера.
Фразовые глаголы
cast about — обдумывать, менять курс, изыскивать средства
cast away — выбрасывать, отвергать, отбрасывать
cast back — мысленно вернуться назад, вспомнить, из упора отмах назад в вис
cast down — опускать, разрушать, свергать, повергать в уныние, перевертывать, угнетать
cast off — сбрасывать, бросать, отваливать, покидать, отдавать, заканчивать работу, спускать
cast on — набирать петли, набирать
cast out — выгонять, извергать, выбраковывать
cast round — искать, выискивать,
cast up — извергать, подсчитывать, вскидывать
Возможные однокоренные слова
caster — литейщик, ролик, колесико, перечница, солонка, выбракованная лошадь, вычислитель
casting — литье, отливка, подбор актеров, бросание, литейный, разливочный
castor — ролик, колесико, кастор, солонка, бобровая струя, бобр, бобровый мех, перечница
miscast — неправильно распределять роли
overcast — облачный, хмурый, облачность, покрывать, покрываться
recast — переделка, переработка, переделывать, перестраивать
undercast — облачность, нижняя выработка кроссинга
Формы слова
verb
I/you/we/they: cast
he/she/it: casts
ing ф. (present participle): casting
2-я ф. (past tense): cast
3-я ф. (past participle): cast
noun
ед. ч.(singular): cast
мн. ч.(plural): casts
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verb (used with object), cast, cast·ing.
to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
to throw off or away: He cast the advertisement in the wastebasket.
to direct (the eye, a glance, etc.), especially in a cursory manner: She cast her eyes down the page.
to cause to fall upon something or in a certain direction; send forth: to cast a soft light;to cast a spell;to cast doubts.
to draw (lots), as in telling fortunes.
Angling.
- to throw out (a fishing line, net, bait, etc.): The fisherman cast his line.
- to fish in (a stream, an area, etc.): He has often cast this brook.
to throw down or bring to the ground: She cast herself on the sofa.
to part with; lose: The horse cast a shoe.
to shed or drop (skin, antlers, fruit, etc.): The snake cast its skin.
(of an animal) to bring forth (young), especially abortively.
to send off (a swarm), as bees do.
to throw or set aside; discard or reject; dismiss: He cast the problem from his mind.
to throw forth, as from within; emit or eject; vomit.
to throw up (earth, sod, etc.), as with a shovel.
to put or place, especially hastily or forcibly: to cast someone in prison.
to deposit or give (a ballot or vote).
to bestow; confer: to cast blessings upon someone.
to make suitable or accordant; tailor: He cast his remarks to fit the occasion.
Theater.
- to select actors for (a play, motion picture, or the like).
- to allot a role to (an actor).
- to assign an actor to (a role).
to form (an object) by pouring metal, plaster, etc., in a fluid state into a mold and letting it harden.
to form (metal, plaster, etc.) into a particular shape by pouring it into a mold in a fluid state and letting it harden.
to tap (a blast furnace).
to compute or calculate; add, as a column of figures.
to compute or calculate (a horoscope) astrologically; forecast.
to turn or twist; warp.
Nautical. to turn the head of (a vessel), especially away from the wind in getting under way.
Fox Hunting. (of a hunter) to lead or direct (hounds) over ground believed to have been recently traveled by a fox.
Archaic. to contrive, devise, or plan.
Obsolete. to ponder.
verb (used without object), cast, cast·ing.
to receive form in a mold.
to calculate or add.
(of hounds) to search an area for scent: The setter cast, but found no scent.
to warp, as timber.
Nautical. (of a vessel) to turn, especially to get the head away from the wind; tack.
to select the actors for a play, motion picture, or the like.
Obsolete.
- to consider.
- to plan or scheme.
noun
act of casting or throwing.
that which is thrown.
the distance to which a thing may be cast or thrown.
Games.
- a throw of dice.
- the number rolled.
Angling.
- act of throwing a line or net onto the water.
- a spot for casting a fishing line; a fishing place.
Theater. the group of performers to whom parts are assigned; players.
Hunting. a searching of an area for a scent by hounds.
a stroke of fortune; fortune or lot.
a ride offered on one’s way; lift.
the form in which something is made or written; arrangement.
Metallurgy.
- act of casting or founding.
- the quantity of metal cast at one time.
something formed from a material poured into a mold in a molten or liquid state; casting.
an impression or mold made from something.
Medicine/Medical. a rigid surgical dressing, usually made of bandage treated with plaster of Paris.
(of people) distinctive sort, type, or character; mold; stamp: The bars were teeming with twenty-somethings of the trust-fund hipster cast. He modeled himself after the cast of his piano teacher, who was an exemplar of self-discipline.
a permanent twist or turn: to have a cast in one’s eye.
a slight tinge of some color; hue; shade: A good diamond does not have a yellowish cast.
a dash or trace; a small amount.
Zoology. something that is shed, ejected, or cast off or out, as molted skin, a feather, food from a bird’s crop, or the coil of sand and waste passed by certain earthworms.
Falconry. a pair of hawks put in flight together.
Pathology. effused plastic matter produced in the hollow parts of various diseased organs.
low-grade, irregular wool.
adjective
(of an animal, especially a horse) lying in such a position that it is unable to return to its feet without assistance.
Verb Phrases
cast about,
- to look, as to find something; search; seek: We cast about for something to do during the approaching summer vacation.
- to scheme; plan: He cast about how he could avoid work.
cast away,
- Also cast aside. to reject; discard.
- to shipwreck.
- to throw away; squander: He will cast away this money just as he has done in the past.
cast back, to refer to something past; revert to: The composer casts back to his earlier work.
cast down, to lower; humble.
cast off. See entry at castoff.
cast on, Knitting. to set (yarn) on a needle in order to form the initial stitches in knitting.
cast out, to force out; expel; eject.
cast up,
- to add up; compute.
- to vomit; eject.
- Chiefly Scot. to turn up; appear.
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Idioms about cast
at a single cast, through a single action or event: He bankrupted himself at a single cast.
Origin of cast
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta “to throw”
synonym study for cast
1. See throw. 55. See turn.
OTHER WORDS FROM cast
cast·a·ble, adjectivecast·a·bil·i·ty [kast-uh—bil-i-tee], /ˌkæst əˈbɪl ɪ ti/, nounsub·cast, nounun·cast, adjective
well-cast, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH cast
cast , caste
Words nearby cast
Casson, cassone, cassoulet, cassowary, casspir, cast, castable, cast about, cast adrift, Castagno, Castalia
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Words related to cast
casting, style, tone, list, troupe, figure, sculpture, shape, drop, direct, count, choose, pick, ejection, expulsion, fling, heave, hurl, launching, lob
How to use cast in a sentence
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Other works — such as Ursula von Rydingsvard’s wooden monoliths and Lynda Benglis’s waves cast in bronze — are large but not crushing.
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I think that might cast you in a negative light or cause you to reveal some weakness or shortcoming.
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Sia, after defending her decision to not cast an autistic actress for Ziegler’s role, promised through her since-deleted Twitter account to pull the restraint scenes and include a warning.
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Even Pai’s technical tweaks threatened to cast a pall over the program.
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When it came time to cast their ballots, more than 54 percent of South Dakota voters took to the polls in November in favor of a constitutional amendment to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.
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Obviously, not all the original cast can come back or even have the desire.
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As the months passed and she began to cast the film, I became increasingly excited.
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It cast this pall over the movie, which was one of my favorites of last year.
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Preheat oven to 375°F. Heat the vegetable oil in a large, high-sided cast iron skillet.
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He cast her as Hope, an ex-addict with an impressive pair of fake chompers—the result of years of drug abuse.
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They are so rich in harmony, so weird, so wild, that when you hear them you are like a sea-weed cast upon the bosom of the ocean.
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The motherly woman received the babe instinctively and cast aside the travelling-rug in which he was enveloped.
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Now, the whole Northwest groaned beneath a cast-iron prohibition law at that time, and for some years thereafter.
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Mrs. Newbolt was looking away toward the hills, a dreamy cast in her placid face.
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He was cast down to think that he might have spared himself the trouble of donning his beautiful yellow doublet from Paris.
British Dictionary definitions for cast
verb casts, casting or cast (mainly tr)
to throw or expel with violence or force
to throw off or awayshe cast her clothes to the ground
to reject or dismisshe cast the idea from his mind
to shed or dropthe snake cast its skin; the horse cast a shoe; the ship cast anchor
be cast NZ (of a sheep) to have fallen and been unable to rise
to cause to appearto cast a shadow
to express (doubts, suspicions, etc) or cause (them) to be felt
to direct (a glance, attention, etc)cast your eye over this
to place, esp in a violent mannerhe was cast into prison
(also intr) angling to throw (a line) into the water
to draw or choose (lots)
to give or deposit (a vote)
to select (actors) to play parts in (a play, film, etc)
- to shape (molten metal, glass, etc) by pouring or pressing it into a mould
- to make (an object) by such a process
(also intr often foll by up) to compute (figures or a total)
to predictthe old woman cast my fortune
astrology to draw on (a horoscope) details concerning the positions of the planets in the signs of the zodiac at a particular time for interpretation in terms of human characteristics, behaviour,
to contrive (esp in the phrase cast a spell)
to formulatehe cast his work in the form of a chart
(also intr) to twist or cause to twist
(also intr) nautical to turn the head of (a sailing vessel) or (of a sailing vessel) to be turned away from the wind in getting under way
hunting to direct (a pack of hounds) over (ground) where their quarry may recently have passed
(intr) (of birds of prey) to eject from the crop and bill a pellet consisting of the indigestible parts of birds or animals previously eaten
falconry to hold the body of a hawk between the hands so as to perform some operation upon it
printing to stereotype or electrotype
cast in one’s lot with or throw in one’s lot with to share in the activities or fortunes of (someone else)
noun
the act of casting or throwing
- Also called: casting something that is shed, dropped, or egested, such as the coil of earth left by an earthworm
- another name for pellet (def. 4)
an object that is thrown
the distance an object is or may be thrown
- a throw at dice
- the resulting number shown
angling
- a trace with a fly or flies attached
- the act or an instance of casting
the wide sweep made by a sheepdog to get behind a flock of sheep or by a hunting dog in search of a scent
- the actors in a play collectively
- (as modifier)a cast list
- an object made of metal, glass, etc, that has been shaped in a molten state by being poured or pressed into a mould
- the mould used to shape such an object
form or appearance
sort, kind, or style
a fixed twist or defect, esp in the eye
a distortion of shape
surgery a rigid encircling casing, often made of plaster of Paris, for immobilizing broken bones while they heal
pathol a mass of fatty, waxy, cellular, or other material formed in a diseased body cavity, passage, etc
the act of casting a pack of hounds
falconry a pair of falcons working in combination to pursue the same quarry
archery the speed imparted to an arrow by a particular bow
a slight tinge or trace, as of colour
a computation or calculation
a forecast or conjecture
fortune or a stroke of fate
palaeontol a replica of an organic object made of nonorganic material, esp a lump of sediment that indicates the internal or external surface of a shell or skeleton
palaeontol a sedimentary structure representing the infilling of a mark or depression in a soft layer of sediment (or bed)
Word Origin for cast
C13: from Old Norse kasta
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Other Idioms and Phrases with cast
In addition to the idioms beginning with cast
- cast about
- cast adrift
- cast away
- cast doubt on
- cast down
- cast in one’s lot
- cast in stone
- cast in the same mold
- castles in the air
- cast loose
- cast off
- cast on
- cast one’s lot with
- cast out
- cast pearls before swine
- cast the first stone
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
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cast an eye over (something)
быстро прочесть или просмотреть что-либо
Sam cast an eye over the letter he had received.
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cast aspersions on (someone)
клеветать на кого-либо, оскорблять кого-либо
I, personally, hate people who can cast aspersions on their neighbors.
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cast doubt on (someone or something)
поставить под сомнение что-либо
The evidence presented by a witness of the crime cast doubt on the truthfulness of her testimony.
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cast doubts on (someone or something)
заставлять сомневаться в ком-либо/ чём-либо
I’ve never trusted Jack that’s why his testimony made me cast doubts on its truthfulness.
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cast in the same mold
быть очень похожими (как бы отлитыми в одной форме)
The twins Rick and Ron were cast in the same mold, so similar they were.
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cast one’s lot in with (someone)
связать свою судьбу с кем-либо
The young man cast his lot in with the criminals and had to accept whatever happened.
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cast one’s vote
голосовать
The elections started at eight and a lot of people came to cast their votes.
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cast pearls before swine
попусту тратить усилия на кого-либо, «метать бисер перед свиньями»
I am not going to waste good advice on Leda any more because she never listens to it. I won’t cast pearls before swine.
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cast the first stone
бросить первый камень, первым обвинить кого-либо
«I know you did the wrong thing, but I don’t want to cast the first stone and quarrel with you.»
build castles in the air
build castles in Spain
To make impossible or imaginary plans, dream about future successes that are unlikely.
He liked to build castles in the air, but never succeeded in anything.
To build castles in Spain is natural for young people and they may work hard enough to get part of their wishes.
carry coals to Newcastle
To do something unnecessary; bring or furnish something of which there is plenty.
Newcastle is an English city near many coal mines, and coal is sent out from there to other places.
The man who waters his grass after a good rain is carrying coals to Newcastle.
Joe was carrying coals to Newcastle when he told the doctor how to cure a cold.
cast about
cast around
To look everywhere; search.
The committee was casting about for an experienced teacher to take the retiring principal’s place.
To search your mind; try to remember something; try to think of something.
The teacher cast about for an easy way to explain the lesson.
Jane cast around for a good subject for her report.
cast down
downcast
Discouraged; sad; unhappy. Used less often than the reverse form downcast.
Mary was cast down at the news of her uncle’s death.
Charles felt cast down when he lost the race.
cast light upon
shed light upon
throw light upon
cast light on
shed light on
throw light on
To explain; illuminate; clarify.
The letters that were found suddenly cast a new light on the circumstances of Tom’s disappearance.
Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity threw light upon the enigma of our universe.
cast loose
To unfasten; untie; let loose (as a rope holding a boat).
At that moment Commander Farragut was ordering the last moorings to be cast loose which held the Abraham Lincoln to the pier of Brooklyn.
cast off
To unfasten; untie; let loose (as a rope holding a boat).
The captain of the boat cast off the line and we were soon out in open water.
To untie a rope holding a boat or something suggesting a boat.
We cast off and set sail at 6 A.M.
To knit the last row of stitches.
When she had knitted the twentieth row of stitches she cast off.
To say that you do not know (someone) any more; not accept as a relative or friend.
Mr. Jones cast off his daughter when she married against his wishes.
cast out
To force (someone) to go out or away; banish; expel.
After the scandal, he was cast out of the best society.