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cast

cast (third-person singular simple present casts, present participle casting, simple past and past participle cast)

1. (now somewhat literary) To throw. [from 13th c.]
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona:

     Why then a Ladder quaintly made of Cords / To cast vp, with a paire of anchoring hookes, / Would serue to scale another Heros towre [...].

   • 1760, Lawrence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, 262:

     The more, an please your honour, the pity, said the Corporal; in uttering which, he cast his spade into the wheelbarrow [...].

2. To direct (ones eyes, gaze etc.). [from 13th c.]
   • 1595, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 3:

     To whom do Lyons cast their gentle Lookes? Not to the Beast, that would vsurpe their Den.

   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, I.11:

     She then yawned again, threw aside her book, and cast her eyes round the room in quest of some amusement [...].

3. To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea. [from 14th c.]
   • 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 4:

     As Jesus walked by the see off Galile, he sawe two brethren: Simon which was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, castynge a neet into the see (for they were fisshers) [...].

4. To add up a column of figures; cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures. [from 14th c.]
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 2:

     The Clearke of Chartam: hee can write and / reade, and cast accompt.

   • 1719 Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     I cast up the notches on my post, and found I had been on shore three hundred and sixty-five days.

5. (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.). [from 14th c.]
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. 1, New York Review Books 2001, p. 309:

     he is [...] a perfect astrologer, that can cast the rise and fall of others, and mark their errant motions to his own use.

6. To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
7. To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
   • 1950, ""A Global View"", Time, 24 Apr 1950:

     The threat of Russian barbarism sweeping over the free world will cast its ominous shadow over us for many, many years..

   • 1960, Lawrence Durrell, Clea:

     A sudden thought cast a gloom over his countenance.

8. (obsolete) To plan, intend (to do something). [14th-19th c.]
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII.2:

     ""Fayre damesell, I thanke you hartely,"" seyde Sir Launcelot, ""but truly,"" seyde he, ""I caste me never to be wedded man.""

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:

     I wrapt my selfe in Palmers weed, / And cast to seeke him forth through daunger and great dreed.

9. (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes). [from 14th c.]
   • 1822, ""Life of Donald McBane"", Blackwoods Magazine, vol. 12, p. 745:

     when the serjeant saw me, he cast his coat and put it on me, and they carried me on their shoulders to a village where the wounded were and our surgeons [...].

   • 2002, Jess Cartner-Morley, ""How to Wear Clothes"", The Guardian, 2 Mar 02:

     You know the saying, ""Neer cast a clout till May is out""? Well, personally, Im bored of my winter clothes by March.

10. Specifically, to throw down or aside. [from 15th c.]
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.xii:

      So she to Guyon offred it to tast; / Who taking it out of her tender hond, / The cup to ground did violently cast, / That all in peeces it was broken fond [...].

    • 1611, The Bible, Authorized Version, Matthew VI.30:

      it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

    • 1930, ""Sidar the Madman"", Time, 19 Dec 1930:

      Near Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, Madman, co-pilot and plane were caught in a storm, cast into the Caribbean, drowned.

    • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 316:

      Her bow is not to her liking. In a temper, she casts it on the grass.

11. (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat. [from 15th c.]
12. (archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry. [from 15th c.]
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 98:

      being with childe, they may without feare of accusation, spoyle and cast [transl. avorter] their children, with certaine medicaments, which they have only for that purpose.

    • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.20:

      The abortion of a woman they describe by an horse kicking a wolf; because a mare will cast her foal if she tread in the track of that animal.

13. To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. [from 15th c.]
    • 1923, ""Rodins Death"", Time, 24 Mar 1923:

      One copy of the magnificent caveman, The Thinker, of which Rodin cast several examples in bronze, is seated now in front of the Detroit Museum of Art, where it was placed last autumn.

14. To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.). [from 16th c.]
15. To assign a role in a play or performance. [from 18th c.]

    The director cast the part carefully.

16. (nautical) 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. [from 18th c.]
17. To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (ones vote). [from 19th c.]
18. (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text. [from 20th c.]

    Casting is generally an indication of bad design.

19. (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent. [from 18th c.]
    • 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber 2005, p. 50:

      He clambered on to an apron of rock that held its area out to the sun and began to cast across it. The direction of the wind changed and the scent touched him again.

20. (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
21. (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.

cast (plural casts)

1. An act of throwing.
2. Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
3. A small mass of earth ""thrown off"" or excreted by a worm.

   The area near the stream was covered with little bubbly worm casts.

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

   He’s in the cast of Oliver.

   The cast was praised.

5. The casting procedure.

   The men got into position for the cast, two at the ladle, two with long rods, all with heavy clothing.

6. An object made in a mould.

   The cast would need a great deal of machining to become a recognizable finished part.

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

   The doctor put a cast on the boy’s broken arm.

8. The mould used to make cast objects

   A plaster cast was made of his face.

9. A squint.
10. Visual appearance.

    Her features had a delicate cast to them.

11. The form of ones thoughts, mind etc.
    • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 330:

      I have read all her articles and come to admire both her elegant turn of phrase and the noble cast of mind which inspires it; but never, I confess, did I look to see beauty and wit so perfectly united.

12. An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.
13. Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
14. A group of crabs.

cast m. (feminine casta, masculine plural casts, feminine plural castes)

1. chaste

Definizione dizionario cast

	gettare
	throw a fishing line or net into the water
	throw down
	make by pouring into a mould

	lanciare
	throw a fishing line or net into the water
	throw down

	tirare
	throw down

	calco
	object made in a mould
	mould used to make cast objects

	cast
	group of people performing a play

	colare
	make by pouring into a mould

	fondere
	make by pouring into a mould

	forma
	object made in a mould

	gesso
	supportive and immobilising device

	ingessatura
	supportive and immobilising device

	stampo
	mould used to make cast objects

buttare

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	supportive and immobilising device

	assegnare
	assign a role in a play or performance

	eseguire il cast
	To convert one data type to another, such as converting from integer to floating point.

	parte
	assign a role in a play or performance

addizionare

assegnare una parte

colata

dare

distribuire

fusione

genere

getta

getto

lancio

numero estratto

perdere

progettare

somma

tipo

tiro

Altri significati:

Visual appearance.

An object made in a mould.

change the type of a variable

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

Specifically, to throw down or aside. [from 15th c.]

casting procedure

A squint.

(nautical) 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. [from 18th c.]

(of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat. [from 15th c.]

throw forcefully

The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.

visual appearance

The casting procedure.

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

(computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text. [from 20th c.]

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

(now somewhat literary) To throw. [from 13th c.]

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

cast (actor)

A group of crabs.

The mould used to make cast objects

To assign a role in a play or performance. [from 18th c.]

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

(hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent. [from 18th c.]

(obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes). [from 14th c.]

cast (shadow)

Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.

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

cast (of a play)

(obsolete) To plan, intend (to do something). [14th-19th c.]

To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea. [from 14th c.]

(astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.). [from 14th c.]

(archaic) To give birth to prematurely; to miscarry. [from 15th c.]

To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote). [from 19th c.]

squint

An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.

To add up a column of figures; cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures. [from 14th c.]

To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. [from 15th c.]

To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.). [from 13th c.]

To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.). [from 16th c.]

An act of throwing.

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

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