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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. 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. 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" Antonym: keep down. noun 2.Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens. Synonyms: mold, mould. 3.The distinctive form in which a thing is made. Synonyms: mold, mould, stamp. 4.The visual appearance of something or someone. Synonyms: form, shape. 5.Bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal. Synonyms: plaster bandage, plaster cast. 6.Object formed by a mold. Synonym: casting. 7.The act of throwing dice. Synonym: roll. 8.The act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel. Synonym: casting. 9.A violent throw. Synonym: hurl.
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