adj · name · noun · verb · 77 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:käst
Received-Pronunciation:/kɑːst/
Northern-England, Scotland:kăst
Northern-England, Scotland:/kast/
General-American:kăst
General-American:/kæst/
General-American:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
/kɛəst/New York, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
homophone: caste
homophone: (in some non-rhotic accents) karst
rhymes with -ɑːst
rhymes with -æst
CMU ARPABET:K AE1 S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of an animal, such as a horse or sheep: Lying in a position from which it cannot rise on its own.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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2
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
name
Meaning 3
Initialism of Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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4
noun
Meaning 4
An act of throwing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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5
noun
Meaning 5
The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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6
noun
Meaning 6
An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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7
noun
Meaning 7
Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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8
noun
Meaning 8
A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The area near the stream was covered with little bubbly worm casts.
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9
noun
Meaning 9
The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: art, arts
Examples
He’s in the cast of Oliver.
The cast was praised for a fine performance.
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10
noun
Meaning 10
The casting procedure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The men got into position for the cast, two at the ladle, two with long rods, all with heavy clothing.
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11
noun
Meaning 11
An object made in a mould.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The cast would need a great deal of machining to become a recognizable finished part.
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12
noun
Meaning 12
A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The doctor put a cast on the boy’s broken arm.
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13
noun
Meaning 13
The mould used to make cast objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
A plaster cast was made from his face.
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14
noun
Meaning 14
The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: physical
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Synonyms: project
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26
verb
Meaning 26
To move, or be moved, away.
To throw down or aside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: physical
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Synonyms: cast down, throw down
Antonyms: none provided
27
verb
Meaning 27
To move, or be moved, away.
To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: physical
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Synonyms: slough
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28
verb
Meaning 28
To move, or be moved, away.
To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: physical
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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29
verb
Meaning 29
To move, or be moved, away.
To remove, take off (clothes).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: physical
Qualifier: obsolete except in set phrases
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Synonyms: doff
Antonyms: none provided
30
verb
Meaning 30
To move, or be moved, away.
To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: physical
Topics: nautical, transport
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31
verb
Meaning 31
To move, or be moved, away.
To vomit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, physical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hurl, bait, barf, be sick, blow chunks, boak, boke, boot, bork, bow down before the porcelain god, cast, cast up one's accounts, chuck, chuck up, chunder, disgorge, drive the porcelain bus, erupt, gag, get sick, heave, honk, launch one's lunch, lose one's lunch, pray to the porcelain god, puke, puke up, purge, ralph, regurge, regurgitate, retch, shoot the cat, sick, sick up, spew, talk to God on the big white telephone, talk to Ralph on the big white telephone, throw up, toss, toss one's cookies, upchuck, vomit, woof one's cookies, whoops, worship the porcelain god, worship the porcelain goddess, yak
Antonyms: none provided
32
verb
Meaning 32
To move, or be moved, away.
To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, physical
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33
verb
Meaning 33
To move, or be moved, away.
To throw out or emit; to exhale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, physical
Examples
1695 (first published), 1726 (final dated of publication) John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies This [...] casts a sulphurous smell.
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34
verb
Meaning 34
To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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35
verb
Meaning 35
To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: dated outside accounting
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sum, tally, add, add together, add up, cast, count up, foot up, reckon up, sum up, summate, tally up, tot, tot up, total, tote, tote up
Antonyms: none provided
36
verb
Meaning 36
To predict, to decide, to plan.
To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots cast (“to cast, throw”), Danish kaste (“to throw”), Swedish kasta (“to throw, cast, fling, toss, discard”), Icelandic kasta (“to pitch, toss”). In the sense of "flinging", displaced native warp. The senses relating to broadcasting are based on that same term; compare -cast.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Kast. * As an English surname, variant of Cass. * As a French surname, from Cast, Finistère in Brittany, ultimately from Latin castra (“fortification”). Sometimes also a variant of Caste, from Old French chaste (“chaste”).
Across languages
Translations
430 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
хвърляне
(hvǎrljane)
— act of throwing
Bulgarian:
мятане
(mjatane)
— act of throwing
Catalan:
llançament
— act of throwing
Finnish:
heitto
— act of throwing
French:
jet
— act of throwing
Galician:
lanzamento
— act of throwing
Ancient Greek:
βόλος
(bólos)
— act of throwing
Hungarian:
dobás
— act of throwing
Hungarian:
hajítás
— act of throwing
Hungarian:
vetés
— act of throwing
Latin:
iactus
— act of throwing
Russian:
бросо́к
(brosók)
— act of throwing
Spanish:
lanzamiento
— act of throwing
Finnish:
heite
— something which has been thrown dispersed
Finnish:
keko
— small mass of earth thrown off by a worm
Bulgarian:
състав
(sǎstav)
— group of actors performing together
Catalan:
repartiment
— group of actors performing together
Chinese Cantonese:
卡士
— group of actors performing together
Chinese Mandarin:
全體演員 /全体演员
— group of actors performing together
Dutch:
bezetting
— group of actors performing together
Dutch:
rolbezetting
— group of actors performing together
Dutch:
cast
— group of actors performing together
Dutch:
rolverdeling
— group of actors performing together
Esperanto:
rolularo
— group of actors performing together
Finnish:
näyttelijät
— group of actors performing together
Finnish:
kokoonpano
— group of actors performing together
French:
distribution
— group of actors performing together
German:
Cast
— group of actors performing together
German:
Besetzung
— group of actors performing together
German:
Ensemble
— group of actors performing together
Hungarian:
szereposztás
— group of actors performing together
Irish:
foireann
— group of actors performing together
Irish:
foireann aisteoirí
— group of actors performing together
Italian:
cast
— group of actors performing together
Japanese:
演奏
(ensō)
— group of actors performing together
Japanese:
キャスト
(Kyasuto)
— group of actors performing together
Malay:
barisan pelakon
— group of actors performing together
Polish:
obsada
— group of actors performing together
Portuguese:
elenco
— group of actors performing together
Romanian:
distribuție
— group of actors performing together
Russian:
соста́в исполни́телей
(sostáv ispolnítelej)
— group of actors performing together
Russian:
в роля́х
(v roljáx)
— group of actors performing together
Spanish:
reparto
— group of actors performing together
Spanish:
elenco
— group of actors performing together
Swedish:
rollbesättning
— group of actors performing together
Swedish:
rollinnehavare
— group of actors performing together
Ukrainian:
склад виконавців
(sklad vykonavciv)
— group of actors performing together
Ukrainian:
акторський склад
(aktorsʹkyj sklad)
— group of actors performing together