What is the meaning of Cast?

To move, or be moved, away.

  1. To throw.
  2. To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
  3. To throw down or aside.
  4. To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
  5. To remove, take off (clothes).
  6. To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
  7. To vomit.
  8. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
  9. To throw out or emit; to exhale.

To throw.

To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.

To throw down or aside.

To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.

To remove, take off (clothes).

To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.

To vomit.

To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.

To throw out or emit; to exhale.

To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).

To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.

To predict, to decide, to plan.

  1. To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
  2. To plan, intend.
  3. To assign (a role in a play or performance).

    To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).

    To plan, intend.

    To assign (a role in a play or performance).

    To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).

    To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.

    To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.

    To impose; to bestow; to rest.

    To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict.

    To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.

    To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).

    To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.

    To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.

    To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.

    1. To stereotype or electrotype.

    To stereotype or electrotype.

    To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).

    To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.

    To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).

    To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.

    Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.

    To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.

    To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.

    To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.

    An act of throwing.

    An instance of throwing out a fishing line.

    Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.

    A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.

    The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.

    The casting procedure.

    An object made in a mould.

    A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.

    The mould used to make cast objects.

    The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.

    A squint.

    Visual appearance.

    The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.

    Obsolete form of caste (hereditary social class of South Asia).

    Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.

    A group of crabs.

    The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.

    A chance or attempt at something.

    Assistance given by transporting a person or lightening their labour.

    Of an animal, such as a horse or sheep: Lying in a position from which it cannot rise on its own.

    chaste

    cast (people performing a movie or play)

    inflection of casten:

    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

    first/second/third-person singular present indicative

    imperative

    cast (group of actors performing together)

    contorted, curly, curved

    complex, intricate, many-sided

    ticklish

    chaste, clean, pure

    cast (group of actors)

    Source: wiktionary.org