How to pronounce “cast”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (physical) To move, or be moved, away.
• To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.). [from 13th c.]
• (dated outside accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures. [from 14th c.]
• (social) To predict, to decide, to plan.
• To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
• To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
• (archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry. [from 15th c.]
• To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. [from 15th c.]
• To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.). [from 16th c.]
• (nautical) 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. [from 18th c.]
• To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote). [from 19th c.]
• (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text. [from 20th c.]
• (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent. [from 18th c.]
• (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
• (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
• (media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
• [Noun]
• An act of throwing.
• The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
• (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
• Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
• A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
• (art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
• The casting procedure.
• An object made in a mould.
• A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
• The mould used to make cast objects.
• (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
• A squint.
• Visual appearance.
• The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
• Obsolete form of caste (“hereditary social class of South Asia”).
• Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
• A group of crabs.
• (firearms) 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.
• A chance or attempt at something.
• (archaic, colloquial) Assistance given by transporting a person or lightening their labour.
• [Adjective]
• Of an animal, such as a horse or sheep: Lying in a position from which it cannot rise on its own.

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