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Cast

/kæst/

An act of throwing.

📖 Definitions of "Cast"

noun
  1. 1

    An act of throwing.

  2. 2

    An instance of throwing out a fishing line.

  3. 3

    Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.

  4. 4

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

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

verb
  1. 1

    (physical) To move, or be moved, away.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    (social) To predict, to decide, to plan.

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