Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cast
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v. & n. --v. (past and past part. cast) 1 tr. throw, esp. deliberately or forcefully. 2 tr. (often foll. by on, over) a direct or cause to fall (one's eyes, a glance, light, a shadow, a spell, etc.). b express (doubts, aspersions, etc.). 3 tr. throw out (a fishing-line) into the water. 4 tr. let down (an anchor or sounding-lead). 5 tr. a throw off, get rid of. b shed (skin etc.) esp. in the process of growth. c (of a horse) lose (a shoe). 6 tr. record, register, or give (a vote). 7 tr. a shape (molten metal or plastic material) in a mould. b make (a product) in this way. 8 tr. Printing make (type). 9 tr. a (usu. foll. by as) assign (an actor) to play a particular character. b allocate roles in (a play, film, etc.). 10 tr. (foll. by in, into) arrange or formulate (facts etc.) in a specified form. 11 tr. & intr. reckon, add up, calculate (accounts or figures). 12 tr. calculate and record details of (a horoscope). --n. 1 a the throwing of a missile etc. b the distance reached by this. 2 a throw or a number thrown at dice. 3 a throw of a net, sounding-lead, or fishing-line. 4 Fishing a that which is cast, esp. the gut with hook and fly. b a place for casting (a good cast). 5 a an object of metal, clay, etc., made in a mould. b a moulded mass of solidified material, esp. plaster protecting a broken limb. 6 the actors taking part in a play, film, etc. 7 form, type, or quality (cast of features; cast of mind). 8 a tinge or shade of colour. 9 a (in full cast in the eye) a slight squint. b a twist or inclination. 10 a a mass of earth excreted by a worm. b a mass of indigestible food thrown up by a hawk, owl, etc. 11 the form into which any work is thrown or arranged. 12 a a wide area covered by a dog or pack to find a trail. b Austral. & NZ a wide sweep made by a sheepdog in mustering sheep. Phrases and idioms cast about (or around or round) make an extensive search (actually or mentally) (cast about for a solution). cast adrift leave to drift. cast ashore (of waves etc.) throw to the shore. cast aside give up using; abandon. cast away 1 reject. 2 (in passive) be shipwrecked (cf. CASTAWAY). cast one's bread upon the waters see BREAD. cast down depress, deject (cf. DOWNCAST). casting vote a deciding vote usu. given by the chairperson when the votes on two sides are equal. Usage From an obsolete sense of cast = turn the scale. cast iron a hard alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon cast in a mould. cast-iron adj. 1 made of cast iron. 2 hard, unchallengeable, unchangeable. cast loose detach; detach oneself. cast lots see LOT. cast-net a net thrown out and immediately drawn in. cast off 1 abandon. 2 Knitting take the stitches off the needle by looping each over the next to finish the edge. 3 Naut. a set a ship free from a quay etc. b loosen and throw off (rope etc.). 4 Printing estimate the space that will be taken in print by manuscript copy. cast-off adj. abandoned, discarded. --n. a cast-off thing, esp. a garment. cast on Knitting make the first row of loops on the needle. cast out expel. cast up 1 (of the sea) deposit on the shore. 2 add up (figures etc.). Etymology: ME f. ON kasta
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I. verb (~; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kasta; akin to Old Norse kǫs heap Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to cause to move or send forth by throwing , direct , c. to put forth , to place as if by throwing , to deposit (a ballot) formally, e. to throw off or away , to get rid of ; discard , shed, molt, to bring forth, to throw to the ground especially in wrestling, to build by throwing up earth, 2. a. to perform arithmetical operations on ; add, to calculate by means of astrology, decide, intend, 3. to dispose or arrange into parts or into a suitable form or order, b. to assign the parts of (a dramatic production) to actors , to assign (as an actor) to a role or part , 4. to give a shape to (a substance) by pouring in liquid or plastic form into a mold and letting harden without pressure , to form by this process, turn , to make (a knot or stitch) by looping or catching up, twist, warp , intransitive verb to throw something, vomit, to bear fruit ; yield, 4. to perform addition, estimate, conjecture, warp, to range over land in search of a trail, veer, see: discard ~ability noun ~able adjective II. noun Date: 14th century 1. an act of ~ing, something that happens as a result of chance, a throw of dice, a throw of a line (as a fishing line) or net, 2. the form in which a thing is constructed, b. the set of actors in a dramatic production, a set of characters or persons , the arrangement of draperies in a painting, the distance to which a thing can be thrown, 4. a turning of the eye in a particular direction, a slight strabismus, something that is thrown or the quantity thrown, 6. something that is formed by ~ing in a mold or form: as, a reproduction (as of a statue) in metal or plaster ; ~ing, a fossil reproduction of the details of a natural object by mineral infiltration, an impression taken from an object with a liquid or plastic substance ; mold, a rigid casing (as of fiberglass or of gauze impregnated with plaster of paris) used for immobilizing a usually diseased or broken part, fore~, conjecture, 8. an...Толковый словарь английского языка
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