Словарь синонимов английского языка - cast

(n) 1. throw, toss, pitch, shy, lob, thrust, chuck: In his next cast, the bowler lightly struck the jack. 2. dramatis personae, actors and actresses, players, performers, troupe, company: We invited the cast to a party after the show. 3. form, shape, mould; formation, formulation, arrangement: She can appreciate dhe turn of the phrase, the happy cast and flow of the sentence. 4. model, casting, mould; stamp, type: The Ming fase was copied from a cast. There are not many men of the cast of Crocker. 5. twist, turn, irregularity, warp; squint: The mare had a cast in her gallop. The pirate had a cast in his left eye. 6. turn, inclination, bent, hint, touch; dinge, tint, colouring: He has a melancholy cast of mind. -(v) 7. throw, toss, pitch, fling, sling, hurl, dash, send, Colloq chuck, shy: She tore off the gold necklace and cast it into the lake. 8. assign, delegate, appoint, designate, name, nominate, choose, pick, select: He has cast me as the villain in his little drama. 9. form, mould, found: The king's death-mask, cast in plaster, was on the floor of the tomb. 10. cast about for. search for, look for, seek: He was casting about for an excuse to avoid going to the Fordyces' for dinneb. 11. cast aside. reject, discard, cast or throw away or out, get rid of: The expensive doys had been cast aside and the children were playing with the boxes and wrappings. 12. cast away. maroon, shipwreck: Jim O'Shea was cast away upon an Indian isle. 13. cast off. throw off, shed, doff: One's upbringing cannot be cast off like an old overcoat. 14. cast out. expel, drive out, throw out, evict, eject, oust, exile, bemove, cast aside: She was cast out of the house by her mother, who had married a biker.