cast
/kæst/ verb B2- To move, or be moved, away.
- To throw.
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- To throw down or aside.
- To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
- To remove, take off (clothes).
- To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
Plural cast · He/she/it casts · Past cast · Past participle cast · -ing form casting
Verb forms
- Base form
- cast
- He/she/it
- casts
- Past
- cast
- Past participle
- cast
- -ing form
- casting
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- cast about To try to find; look around; search.
- cast around To cast about.
- cast aside Synonym of discard.
- cast away To discard.
- cast back To think about or imagine to a time in the past; to searc...
- cast down To make (a person) discouraged or dejected.
- cast off To discard or reject something.
- cast on To start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on...
- cast out To drive out; to expel.
- cast over To ponder; to consider or think about.
- cast up To wash something onto the shore.
From the library
All the delicacies, in fact, that are cast up by the wash of waters on the sandy beach, and styled by the grateful fishermen “fruits of the sea.”
“Suppose we wait a while, and see what comes of it,” said he, casting a bewildered look on his companion.
When they had dragged the nets to the shore they found but few fish: the nets were full of sand and stones, and the men were beyond measure cast down so much at the disappointment which had befallen them, but because they had formed such very different expectations.
I promise you that to make up for her want of loyalty, I will be most inflexibly severe;” then casting an expressive glance at his betrothed, which seemed to say, “Fear not, for your dear sake my justice shall be tempered with mercy,” and receiving a sweet and approving smile in return, Villefort departed with paradise in his heart.
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