Englishcast
verb
1 he cast the stone into the stream:
throw, toss, fling, pitch, hurl, bowl, dash, shy, lob, launch, flip, let fly, direct, discharge, project, propel, send;
informal chuck, heave, sling, bung.
2 fishermen cast their nets into the sea:
spread, throw, lay out, open out, unroll, fan out, stretch out.
3 she cast a fearful glance over her shoulder:
direct, shoot, turn, throw, send, dart, bestow, give.
4 each adult citizen has the right to cast a vote:
register, record, enter, file, lodge, post, set down, vote;
allot, assign, give.
5 the fire cast a soft light:
emit, give off, send out, send forth, shed, radiate, diffuse, spread out.
6 the figures cast dancing shadows on the carpet:
form, create, make, produce, cause;
project, throw.
7 the stags' antlers are cast each year:
shed, discard, slough off, throw off, get rid of, let fall, let drop;
molt, peel off;
technical exuviate.
8 until the 1880s printing type was cast by hand:
mold, fashion, form, shape, model;
sculpt, sculpture, frame, forge, carve;
make, create, build, manufacture.
9 he gave lectures on astrology and cast horoscopes in his spare time:
calculate, devise, compute, reckon, determine, assess, work out, formulate, record, write;
predict, forecast, foretell, foresee, prophesy.
10 they were cast as extras in the film:
choose, select, pick, name, nominate, assign, appoint, give/assign the part to.
□ cast aside□ cast away□ cast down
she could not bear to see him so miserable and cast down:
depressed, downcast, unhappy, sad, miserable, gloomy, down, low, blue, melancholy, doleful, mournful;
dejected, dispirited, discouraged, disheartened, downhearted, demoralized, daunted, dismayed, desolate, disconsolate, crestfallen, crushed, sapped, shaken, undermined, despondent, weighed down, oppressed, wretched.
noun
1 the artist is exhibiting a series of bronze casts taken from ceramic moulds:
casting, replica, copy, model, representation, mock-up, imitation, reproduction, duplicate.
2 when a metal enters a cast, it may appear to flow uniformly:
mold, die, form, matrix, shape, template, pattern, frame.
3 a cast of the dice:
throw, toss, fling, pitch, hurl, shy, lob, flip;
informal chuck, heave, sling, bung, go.
4 a child with an inquiring, ironical cast of mind:
type, sort, kind, variety, class, style, stamp, nature, manner, pattern, grain, mold, ilk, kidney, strain, brand, genre;
turn, inclination, bent.