Definition of cast

• 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.