"cast" meaning in All languages combined

See cast on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /kɑːst/ [UK], /kæst/ [US] Audio: en-us-cast.ogg [US] Forms: cast [singular], casts [plural]
enPR: käst [UK], kăst [US] Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The cast of a play, movie, or show are all the people who act in it.
    Sense id: simple-cast-en-noun-yLFIdGxX
  2. The cast of characters is the complete list of characters.
    Sense id: simple-cast-en-noun-fYIIo1qO
  3. A cast is a hard protective covering on part of your body that has been seriously hurt or broken.
    Sense id: simple-cast-en-noun-LUN9X-LD
  4. A cast is a shape made by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden.
    Sense id: simple-cast-en-noun-HceSyXTD
  5. A cast is a throw, especially in fishing when you throw your line out.
    Sense id: simple-cast-en-noun-RlbEyK2A

Verb [English]

IPA: /kɑːst/ [UK], /kæst/ [US] Audio: en-us-cast.ogg [US] Forms: cast [canonical], casts [third-person, singular], cast [past], cast [past, participle], casting [present, participle]
enPR: käst [UK], kăst [US] Head templates: {{verb2|cast|casts|cast|cast|casting}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If x casts light or shadow on y, x causes y to be lit or in shadow.
    Sense id: simple-cast-en-verb-OnXDZji0
  2. If you cast light on an idea or problem, you make it clearer by giving more information about it.
    Sense id: simple-cast-en-verb-O6Chh5Lk
  3. If you cast doubt on something, you make make people less likely to believe it.
    Sense id: simple-cast-en-verb-sE2FxlWl
  4. If you cast a look, glance, you look quickly.
    Sense id: simple-cast-en-verb-qptNMYUn
  5. If you cast a vote, you vote in an election.
    Sense id: simple-cast-en-verb-KbVkv2Ch
  6. If you cast metal, plastic, etc., you make an object by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden.
    Sense id: simple-cast-en-verb-9gyD2Ldr
  7. If you cast somebody in a part in a play, movie, etc., you choose them to play that part.
    Sense id: simple-cast-en-verb-FbroCO7G
  8. If you cast something somewhere, you throw it there.
    Sense id: simple-cast-en-verb-f7NKsBFu
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        "If you cast something somewhere, you throw it there."
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