Cast (imp. & p. p.) of Cast |
Cast (v. t.) To send or drive by force |
Cast (v. t.) To direct or turn, as the eyes. |
Cast (v. t.) To drop |
Cast (v. t.) To throw down, as in wrestling. |
Cast (v. t.) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart. |
Cast (v. t.) To throw off |
Cast (v. t.) To bring forth prematurely |
Cast (v. t.) To throw out or emit |
Cast (v. t.) To cause to fall |
Cast (v. t.) To impose |
Cast (v. t.) To dismiss |
Cast (v. t.) To compute |
Cast (v. t.) To contrive |
Cast (v. t.) To defeat in a lawsuit |
Cast (v. t.) To turn (the balance or scale) |
Cast (v. t.) To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold |
Cast (v. t.) To stereotype or electrotype. |
Cast (v. t.) To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors |
Cast (v. i.) To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook. |
Cast (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh. |
Cast (v. i.) To consider |
Cast (v. i.) To calculate |
Cast (v. i.) To receive form or shape in a mold. |
Cast (v. i.) To warp |
Cast (v. i.) To vomit. |
Cast () 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth. |
Cast (n.) The act of casting or throwing |
Cast (n.) The thing thrown. |
Cast (n.) The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown. |
Cast (n.) A throw of dice |
Cast (n.) That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected |
Cast (n.) The act of casting in a mold. |
Cast (n.) An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person |
Cast (n.) That which is formed in a mild |
Cast (n.) Form |
Cast (n.) A tendency to any color |
Cast (n.) A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage |
Cast (n.) The assignment of parts in a play to the actors. |
Cast (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand. |
Cast (n.) A stoke, touch, or trick. |
Cast (n.) A motion or turn, as of the eye |
Cast (n.) A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold. |
Cast (n.) Four |
Cast (n.) Contrivance |
Cast iron () Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blast furnace |
Cast-iron (a.) Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron |
Cast-off (a.) Cast or laid aside |
Cast steel () See Cast steel, under Steel. |
Open (a.) Free of access |
hurl cast | a violent throw |
open sesame | any very successful means of achieving a result |
open primary | a primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party) |
open frame break | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare, the break in the eighth frame cost him the match |
casting cast | the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel |
open-heart surgery | heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired |
cast roll | the act of throwing dice |
cast casting | object formed by a mold |
cast plaster cast plaster bandage | bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal |
fireplace hearth open fireplace | an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built, the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it, he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it, the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires |
mold mould cast | container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens |
open-air market open-air marketplace market square | a public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold |
open circuit | an incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows |
open-end wrench tappet wrench | a wrench having parallel jaws at fixed separation (often on both ends of the handle) |
open-hearth furnace | a furnace for making steel in which the steel is placed on a shallow hearth and flames of burning gas and hot air play over it |
open sight | rear gunsight having an open notch instead of a peephole or telescope |
open weave | a weave in which warp threads never come together, leaving interstices in the fabric |
form shape cast | the visual appearance of something or someone, the delicate cast of his features |
open door | freedom of access, he maintained an open door for all employees |
open surface | information that has become public, all the reports were out in the open, the facts had been brought to the surface |
open interval unbounded interval | an interval that does not include its endpoints |
open account | an unpaid credit order |
open letter | a letter of protest, addressed to one person but intended for the general public |
open-door policy open door | the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries |
open secret | something that is supposed to be secret but is generally known, their love affair was an open secret |
open sesame | a magical command, used by Ali Baba |
open | a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play |
open-face sandwich open sandwich | sandwich without a covering slice of bread |
mutual fund mutual fund company open-end fund open-end investment company | a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares |
open shop | a company whose workers are hired without regard to their membership in a labor union |
cast cast of characters dramatis personae | the actors in a play |
open house | an informal party of people with hospitality for all comers |
Open University | a British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school |
open society | a society that allows its members considerable freedom (as in a democracy), America's open society has made it an easy target for terrorists |
open order | a military formation leaving enough space between ranks to allow an inspecting officer to pass |
outdoors out-of-doors open air open | where the air is unconfined, he wanted to get outdoors a little, the concert was held in the open air, camping in the open |
open clear | a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water, finally broke out of the forest into the open |
open chain | a chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring |
aspidistra cast-iron plant baroom plant Aspidistra elatio | evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves, grown primarily as a foliage houseplant |
open-end credit revolving credit charge account credit | a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time |
credit account charge account open account | credit extended by a business to a customer |
open-hearth process | a process for making steel using an open-hearth furnace |
cast mold mould stamp | the distinctive form in which a thing is made, pottery of this cast was found throughout the region |
open marriage | a marriage in which each partner is free to enter into extraneous sexual relationships without guilt or jealousy from the other |
needle blight needle cast leaf cast | a disease of conifers causing the needles to fall |
chronic glaucoma open-angle glaucoma | glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm, produces gradual loss of peripheral vision, open-angle glaucoma is the most common type of glaucoma |
compound fracture open fracture | bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound |
alloy iron alloy cast iron | cast iron containing alloying elements (usually nickel or chromium or copper or molybdenum) to increase the strength or facilitate heat treatment |
cast iron | an alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by casting |
vomit vomit up purge cast sick cat be sick disgorge regorge retch puke barf spew spue chuck upchuck honk regurgitate throw up dbbaa | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth, After drinking too much, the students vomited, He purged continuously, The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night |