verb
Meaning 1
To discard or reject something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
cast off
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verb
Meaning 2
To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: business, knitting, manufacturing, textiles
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: media, printing, publishing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
get rid of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he shed his image as a pushy boss
- shed your clothes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shed, cast, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remove, take, take away, withdraw
Narrower terms: shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough, abscise, exfoliate, autotomize, autotomise
verb
Meaning 6
make the last row of stitches when knitting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: cast on
Broader terms: sew, run up, sew together, stitch
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: forigi — discard or reject
- Finnish: hylätä — discard or reject
- French: abandonner — discard or reject
- Galician: rexeitar — discard or reject
- Hungarian: ledob — discard or reject
- Hungarian: levetkőz — discard or reject
- Hungarian: megszabadul — discard or reject
- Hungarian: levet — discard or reject
- Hungarian: elvet — discard or reject
- Hungarian: sutba dob — discard or reject
- Hungarian: eldob — discard or reject
- Hungarian: kiselejtez — discard or reject
- Hungarian: elhajít — discard or reject
- Latin: repudiō — discard or reject
- Māori: ākiri — discard or reject
- Portuguese: rechaçar — discard or reject
- Portuguese: descartar — discard or reject
- Portuguese: eliminar — discard or reject
- Slovak: odvrhnúť — discard or reject
- Slovak: zavrhnúť — discard or reject
- Spanish: rechazar — discard or reject
- Spanish: descartar — discard or reject
- Spanish: eliminar — discard or reject
- Dutch: trossen los — to let go
- Finnish: irrottaa — to let go
- French: larguer les amarres — to let go
- German: Leinen los — to let go
- Hungarian: elold — to let go
- Māori: huhu — to let go
- Spanish: desamarrar — to let go
- Spanish: levantar amarras — to let go
- Spanish: soltar las amarras — to let go
- Danish: lukke af — finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them from the needle
- Dutch: afkanten — finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them from the needle
- Faroese: læsa av — finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them from the needle
- Finnish: päätellä — finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them from the needle
- Finnish: päättää — finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them from the needle
- French: fermer — finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them from the needle
- French: rabattre — finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them from the needle
- German: abketten — finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them from the needle
- Hungarian: levesz — finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them from the needle
- Icelandic: fella af — finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them from the needle
- Irish: caith lúb anuas — finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them from the needle
- Māori: kamo — finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them from the needle