cast

Etymology
From, from , from , of unknown origin.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. In the sense of "flinging", displaced native.

The senses relating to broadcasting are based on that same term; compare -cast.

Verb



 * 1)  To throw.
 * 2) To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
 * 3) To throw down or aside.
 * 4)  To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
 * 5)  To remove, take off (clothes).
 * 6)  To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
 * 7)  To vomit.
 * 8)  To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
 * 9)  To throw out or emit; to exhale.
 * 10) * 1695 (first published), 1726 (final dated of publication), An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies
 * Thiscasts a sulphurous smell.
 * 1) To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
 * 2)  To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
 * 3)  To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
 * , vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.309:
 * he isa perfect astrologer, that can cast the rise and fall of others, and mark their errant motions to his own use.
 * 1) * 1985,, , Faber & Faber 2004 , p.1197:
 * He did the washing up and stayed behind to watch the dinner cook while she hopped off with a friend to have her horoscope cast by another friend.
 * 1)  To plan, intend.
 * 2)  To assign (a role in a play or performance).
 * 3)  To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
 * 4)  To describe in an opinionated way.
 * 5) To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
 * 6)  To impose; to bestow; to rest.
 * 7)  To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict.
 * 8)  To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
 * 9) * 24 July, 1659,, Interest Deposed, and Truth Restored
 * How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious!
 * 1) To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
 * 2) To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
 * 3)  To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.
 * , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.98:
 * being with childe, they may without feare of accusation, spoyle and cast their children, with certaine medicaments, which they have only for that purpose.
 * 1)  To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
 * 2)  To stereotype or electrotype.
 * 3) To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
 * 4)  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.
 * 5) To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
 * 6)  To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
 * 7)  Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
 * 8)  To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
 * 9)  To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
 * 10)  To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
 * He did the washing up and stayed behind to watch the dinner cook while she hopped off with a friend to have her horoscope cast by another friend.
 * 1)  To plan, intend.
 * 2)  To assign (a role in a play or performance).
 * 3)  To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
 * 4)  To describe in an opinionated way.
 * 5) To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
 * 6)  To impose; to bestow; to rest.
 * 7)  To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict.
 * 8)  To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
 * 9) * 24 July, 1659,, Interest Deposed, and Truth Restored
 * How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious!
 * 1) To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
 * 2) To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
 * 3)  To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.
 * , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.98:
 * being with childe, they may without feare of accusation, spoyle and cast their children, with certaine medicaments, which they have only for that purpose.
 * 1)  To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
 * 2)  To stereotype or electrotype.
 * 3) To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
 * 4)  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.
 * 5) To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
 * 6)  To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
 * 7)  Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
 * 8)  To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
 * 9)  To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
 * 10)  To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
 * 1) To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
 * 2)  To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.
 * , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.98:
 * being with childe, they may without feare of accusation, spoyle and cast their children, with certaine medicaments, which they have only for that purpose.
 * 1)  To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
 * 2)  To stereotype or electrotype.
 * 3) To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
 * 4)  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.
 * 5) To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
 * 6)  To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
 * 7)  Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
 * 8)  To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
 * 9)  To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
 * 10)  To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2) To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
 * 3)  To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
 * 4)  Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
 * 5)  To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
 * 6)  To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
 * 7)  To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
 * 1)  To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
 * 2)  To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
 * 3)  To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
 * 1)  To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.

Translations

 * Arabic:, رَمَى
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Cheyenne: -a'ha
 * Chinese:
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 * Faroese:
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 * Galician: guindar
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: βάλλω
 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Irish: caith
 * Old Irish: fo·ceird
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 投じる,
 * Latin:
 * Maori: whakaepa
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: arronçar,, ,
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 * Tocharian B: kärsk-


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 * Finnish:, pudottaa karvansa
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 * Bulgarian:
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 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: داڕشتن
 * Maori: hangarewa
 * Mongolian:
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 * Bokmål:, støype
 * Nynorsk: støype
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 * Mandarin: 分配角色
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 * Mandarin: 强制类型转换
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Noun

 * 1) An act of throwing.
 * 2)  An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
 * 3) Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
 * 4) A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
 * 5) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
 * 6) The casting procedure.
 * 7) An object made in a mould.
 * 8) A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
 * 9) The mould used to make cast objects.
 * 10)  The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
 * 11) A squint.
 * 12) * 1847, John Churchill, A manual of the principles and practice of ophthalmic medicine and surgery, p. 389, paragraph 1968:
 * The image of the affected eye is clearer and in consequence the diplopy more striking the less the cast of the eye; hence the double vision will be noticed by the patient before the misdirection of the eye attracts the attention of those about him.
 * 1) Visual appearance.
 * 2) The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
 * 3) Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
 * 4) A group of crabs.
 * 5)  The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
 * , "THE PERFECT SHOTGUN FIT," 2021
 * Cast is the measurement of the central line of the gun and the stock’s butt. If the butt is tilted slightly to the left of the central line, it’s called “cast on.” If the butt is tilted slightly to the right of the central line, it’s called “cast off.”
 * 1) A chance or attempt at something.
 * 2)   given by transporting a person or lightening their labour.
 * 1) * 1847, John Churchill, A manual of the principles and practice of ophthalmic medicine and surgery, p. 389, paragraph 1968:
 * The image of the affected eye is clearer and in consequence the diplopy more striking the less the cast of the eye; hence the double vision will be noticed by the patient before the misdirection of the eye attracts the attention of those about him.
 * 1) Visual appearance.
 * 2) The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
 * 3) Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
 * 4) A group of crabs.
 * 5)  The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
 * , "THE PERFECT SHOTGUN FIT," 2021
 * Cast is the measurement of the central line of the gun and the stock’s butt. If the butt is tilted slightly to the left of the central line, it’s called “cast on.” If the butt is tilted slightly to the right of the central line, it’s called “cast off.”
 * 1) A chance or attempt at something.
 * 2)   given by transporting a person or lightening their labour.
 * 1) Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
 * 2) A group of crabs.
 * 3)  The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
 * , "THE PERFECT SHOTGUN FIT," 2021
 * Cast is the measurement of the central line of the gun and the stock’s butt. If the butt is tilted slightly to the left of the central line, it’s called “cast on.” If the butt is tilted slightly to the right of the central line, it’s called “cast off.”
 * 1) A chance or attempt at something.
 * 2)   given by transporting a person or lightening their labour.
 * 1) A chance or attempt at something.
 * 2)   given by transporting a person or lightening their labour.
 * 1)   given by transporting a person or lightening their labour.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: βόλος
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Latin:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:


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 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 卡士
 * Mandarin: 全體演員
 * Dutch:, rolbezetting, ,
 * Esperanto: rolularo
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:, foireann aisteoirí
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Malay: barisan pelakon
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: соста́в исполни́телей, в роля́х
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: rollbesättning, rollinnehavare
 * Ukrainian: склад виконавців, акторський склад


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Kannada:
 * Russian:, распределе́ние роле́й
 * Swedish: rollbesättning, rollfördelning, rollsättning,


 * Bulgarian: отливка
 * Chinese:
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 * Czech: odlitek
 * Dutch:
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 * French:
 * Galician: molde, moldeado
 * Georgian: სხმული
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,
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 * Arabic: ضِمَاد مِنَ الْجِبْس
 * Belarusian: гіпс
 * Bulgarian:
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 * Czech:, sádrový obvaz
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician: escaiola
 * German: ,
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 * Korean:
 * Norwegian: gips
 * Occitan: ,
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 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: гіпс


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Adjective

 * 1) Of an animal, such as a horse or sheep: Lying in a position from which it cannot rise on its own.

Etymology
Likely.

Adjective

 * 1) chaste

Etymology 1
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) cast people performing a movie or play

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  group of actors performing together

Adjective

 * 1) contorted, curly, curved
 * 2) complex, intricate, many-sided
 * 3) ticklish

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) chaste, clean, pure

Noun

 * 1)  group of actors