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aria-hidden='true'>(2) to calculate by means of astrology //cast a person's horoscope
archaic decide, intend
  • to dispose or arrange into parts or into a suitable form or order //… I shall cast what I have to say under two principal heads … Tatler
    to assign the parts of (a dramatic production) to actors //cast a movie
    to assign (someone, such as an actor) to a role or part //was cast in the leading role
  • to give a shape to (a substance) by pouring in liquid or plastic form into a mold and letting harden without pressure //cast steel
    to form by this process //toys cast from plastic
  • turn //cast the scale slightly
  • to make (a knot or stitch) by looping or catching up //cast a square knot
  • twist, warp //a beam cast by age
  • to transmit the sound and images of (something happening) in real time via the Internet //The event is cast live over the Internet and broadcast later on National Public Radio's "Science Friday." — Lynn Teo Simarski //The webinar will be cast live over Skype on a large screen at the church. — Cheril Vernon
  • intransitive ​verb
  • to throw something
    specifically to throw out a lure with a fishing rod
  • dialectal British vomit
  • dialectal, England to bear fruit yield
  • to perform addition
    obsolete estimate, conjecture
  • warp //lumber casts
  • to range over land in search of a trail —used of hunting dogs or trackers
  • veer
  • noun

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