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Casting   /kˈæstɪŋ/   Listen
Casting

noun
1.
Object formed by a mold.  Synonym: cast.
2.
The act of creating something by casting it in a mold.  Synonym: molding.
3.
The act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel.  Synonym: cast.
4.
The choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie.



Cast

verb
(past & past part. cast; pres. part. casting)
1.
Put or send forth.  Synonyms: contrive, project, throw.  "The setting sun threw long shadows" , "Cast a spell" , "Cast a warm light"
2.
Deposit.  "Cast a ballot"
3.
Select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet.
4.
Throw forcefully.  Synonyms: hurl, hurtle.
5.
Assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors.
6.
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.  Synonyms: drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander.  "Roving vagabonds" , "The wandering Jew" , "The cattle roam across the prairie" , "The laborers drift from one town to the next" , "They rolled from town to town"
7.
Form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold.  Synonyms: mold, mould.
8.
Get rid of.  Synonyms: cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off.  "Shed your clothes"
9.
Choose at random.  Synonym: draw.  "Cast lots"
10.
Formulate in a particular style or language.  Synonyms: couch, frame, put, redact.  "She cast her request in very polite language"
11.
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.  Synonyms: barf, be sick, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up.  "He purged continuously" , "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"



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"Casting" Quotes from Famous Books



... that love could bestow Hugh's sorrowful kiss and look before setting off for the mill, Mrs. Rossitur's caressing care, and Barby's softened voice, and sympathizing hand on her brow, and hearty heart- speaking kiss; and poor little King lay all day with his head in her lap, casting grave wistful glances up at his mistress's face, and licking her hand with intense affection when even in her distress it stole to his head to reward and comfort him. He never would budge from her side, or ...
— Queechy, Volume I • Elizabeth Wetherell

... a tidy few, and he seemed well pleased with himself, and then we came to a sort of a hollow place where one brook floweth into the other. Here he was a-casting of his fly, most careful, for if there was ever a trout on the feed, it was like to be a big one, and lucky for me I was keeping round the corner when a kingfisher bird flew along like a string-bolt, and there were three great men coming round ...
— Slain By The Doones • R. D. Blackmore

... we better do." Bland climbed down from the motor and approached Johnny eagerly, casting suspicious glances here and there lest eavesdroppers be near. That air of secrecy was a habit with Bland, yet it never quite failed to impress Johnny and lend weight to Bland's utterances. Now, having been put on the defensive by Mary V, he was more ...
— The Thunder Bird • B. M. Bower

... past going in to dinner, and the party were 'civil and melancholy,' Mrs. Frost casting beseeching looks at her grandson, who sat visibly chafing at the gloom that rested on the Earl's brow, and which increased at each message of refusal of everything but iced water. At last Mrs. Frost carried off some grapes from the dessert to tempt him, and as she ...
— Dynevor Terrace (Vol. I) - or, The Clue of Life • Charlotte M. Yonge

... playful turtle-doves, blackbirds so light that they rest on a blade of grass without bending it, tufted larks which almost venture under the feet of the traveller, little river-tortoises with mild bright eyes, storks of gravely modest mien, which, casting aside all timidity, allow men to come quite near them, and indeed seem to invite his approach. In no country in the world do the mountains extend with more harmonious outlines, or inspire higher thought. Jesus ...
— The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. - Religion and Philosophy • Various


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