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Definition of cast : 1. 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.
2. A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.
3. A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
4. A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
5. A stoke, touch, or trick.
6. A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
7. A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
8. A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
9. An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
10. Contrivance; plot, design.
11. Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.
12. Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
13. of Cast.
14. That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.
15. That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.
16. The act of casting in a mold.
17. The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
18. The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
19. The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
20. The thing thrown.
21. To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
22. To calculate; to compute.
23. To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
24. To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.
25. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
26. To contrive; to plan.
27. To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
28. To direct or turn, as the eyes.
29. To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.
30. To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
31. To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign ( an actor) for a part.
32. To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
33. To impose; to bestow; to rest.
34. To receive form or shape in a mold.
35. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
36. To stereotype or electrotype.
37. To throw down, as in wrestling.
38. To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
39. To throw out or emit; to exhale.
40. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
41. To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
42. To turn ( the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
43. To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
44. To vomit.
45. To warp; to become twisted out of shape.

Synonyms:

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bearing, appearance, figure, demeanor, look, image, view, mien, aspect, countenance, show, vista, air, display, spectacle

approximated, replicated, illustrated, represented, simulated, aped, copied, photographed, rendered, silhouetted, outlined, imitated, portrayed, depicted, duplicated, modeled

designated, assorted, stamped, labeled

mold, carve, sculpt

mannequin, cameo, molding, relief, sculpture, bronze

attach, apply, connect, cite, ascribe, acknowledge, impute, brand, mark, place, refer, set, assign, blame, attribute, accredit, credit

canted, fired, drove, lobbed, catapulted, bunted, heaved, tossed, pelted, impelled, precipitated, threw, driven, hurled, chucked, flicked, rammed, launched, pushed, compelled, projected, bowled, pitched, propelled, shunted, thrown, slung, butted, prodded, shoved, flung, goaded

facsimile, metaphor, depiction, representation, duplication, imitation, bust, model, copy, statue, analogy, illustration, cartoon, carving, silhouette, picture, figurine, snapshot, likeness, pastiche, idol, photograph, impression, approximation, effigy, drawing, portrayal, rendering, outline, miniature, replica

carved, bronzed, sculpted, molded

fling, pelt, compel, sling, fire, impel, butt, precipitate, chuck, toss, bowl, hurl, cant, catapult, throw, push, goad, thrust, lob, project, heave, propel, launch, bunt, flick, drive, ram, shove, prod, pitch, shunt

harmonize, maintain, orchestrate, array, plot, control, form, stabilize, order, program, adjust, separate, type, shape, unify, systematize, collate, stratify, categorize, compose, class, sort, classify, sift, integrate, group, design, plan, normalize, scheme, subordinate, pigeonhole, devise, regulate, schematize, score, arrange, fix, screen, settle, schedule, balance, mediate, organize, grade, unsnarl, right, rank, support, structure, frame, establish, prepare, methodize, rate, chart, marshal, rationalize

duplicate, approximate, represent, imitate, replicate, portray, depict, render, illustrate, ape, simulate

acknowledged, imputed, attached, marked, referred, accredited, applied, cited, credited, placed, branded, attributed, connected, ascribed, assigned, blamed

designate, assort, stamp, label

harmonized, maintained, orchestrated, arrayed, plotted, controlled, formed, stabilized, ordered, programmed, adjusted, separated, typed, shaped, unified, systematized, collated, stratified, categorized, composed, classed, sorted, classified, sifted, integrated, grouped, designed, planned, normalized, schemed, subordinated, pigeonholed, devised, regulated, schematized, scored, arranged, fixed, screened, settled, scheduled, balanced, mediated, organized, graded, unsnarled, righted, ranked, supported, structured, framed, established, prepared, methodized, rated, charted, marshalled, rationalized

Usage examples:

• I must go and cast an eye in that direction. - "Monsieur Cherami", Charles Paul de Kock.
• So you may cast a sheep's eye behind you? - "The Works Of John Dryden, Vol. 7 (of 18) The Duke of Guise; Albion and Albanius; Don Sebastian", John Dryden.
• I asked her what that was, and she said it was something on which to cast one's soul. - "The Visits of Elizabeth", Elinor Glyn.