<p><strong>verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>cast</li><li>casting</li><li>to throw or hurl</li><li>fling</li><li>The gambler cast the dice.</li><li>to throw off or away</li><li>He cast the advertisement in the wastebasket.</li><li>to direct (the eye, a glance, etc.), especially in a cursory manner</li><li>She cast her eyes down the page.</li><li>to cause to fall upon something or in a certain direction; send forth</li><li>to cast a soft light</li><li>to cast a spell</li><li>to cast doubts</li><li>to draw (lots), as in telling fortunes</li><li>Angling</li><li>to throw out (a fishing line, net, bait, etc.): The fisherman cast his line.</li><li>to fish in (a stream, an area, etc.): He has often cast this brook.</li><li>to throw down or bring to the ground</li><li>She cast herself on the sofa.</li><li>to part with; lose</li><li>The horse cast a shoe.</li><li>to shed or drop (skin, antlers, fruit, etc.): The snake cast its skin.</li><li>(of an animal) to bring forth (young), especially abortively</li><li>to send off (a swarm), as bees do</li><li>to throw or set aside; discard or reject; dismiss</li><li>He cast the problem from his mind.</li><li>to throw forth, as from within; emit or eject; vomit</li><li>to throw up (earth, sod, etc.), as with a shovel</li><li>to put or place, especially hastily or forcibly</li><li>to cast someone in prison</li><li>to deposit or give (a ballot or vote)</li><li>to bestow; confer</li><li>to cast blessings upon someone</li><li>to make suitable or accordant; tailor</li><li>He cast his remarks to fit the occasion.</li><li>Theater</li><li>to select actors for (a play, motion picture, or the like)</li><li>to allot a role to (an actor)</li><li>to assign an actor to (a role)</li><li>to form (an object) by pouring metal, plaster, etc., in a fluid state into a mold and letting it harden</li><li>to form (metal, plaster, etc.) into a particular shape by pouring it into a mold in a fluid state and letting it harden</li><li>to tap (a blast furnace)</li><li>to compute or calculate; add, as a column of figures</li><li>to compute or calculate (a horoscope) astrologically; forecast</li><li>to turn or twist; warp</li><li>Nautical</li><li>to turn the head of (a vessel), especially away from the wind in getting under way</li><li>Fox Hunting</li><li>(of a hunter) to lead or direct (hounds) over ground believed to have been recently traveled by a fox</li><li>Archaic</li><li>to contrive, devise, or plan</li><li>Obsolete</li><li>to ponder</li></ul><p><strong>verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>cast</li><li>casting</li><li>to throw</li><li>to receive form in a mold</li><li>to calculate or add</li><li>to conjecture; forecast</li><li>(of hounds) to search an area for scent: The setter cast, but found no scent.</li><li>to warp, as timber</li><li>Nautical</li><li>(of a vessel) to turn, especially to get the head away from the wind; tack</li><li>to select the actors for a play, motion picture, or the like</li><li>Obsolete</li><li>to consider</li><li>to plan or scheme</li></ul><p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>act of casting or throwing</li><li>that which is thrown</li><li>the distance to which a thing may be cast or thrown</li><li>Games</li><li>a throw of dice</li><li>the number rolled</li><li>Angling</li><li>act of throwing a line or net onto the water</li><li>a spot for casting a fishing line; a fishing place</li><li>Theater</li><li>the group of performers to whom parts are assigned; players</li><li>Hunting</li><li>a searching of an area for a scent by hounds</li><li>a stroke of fortune; fortune or lot</li><li>a ride offered on one's way; lift</li><li>the form in which something is made or written; arrangement</li><li>Metallurgy</li><li>act of casting or founding</li><li>the quantity of metal cast at one time</li><li>something formed from a material poured into a mold in a molten or liquid state; casting</li><li>an impression or mold made from something</li><li>Medicine/Medical</li><li>a rigid surgical dressing, usually made of bandage treated with plaster of Paris</li><li>outward form; shape; appearance</li><li>(of people) distinctive sort, type, or character; mold; stamp</li><li>tendency; inclination</li><li>a permanent twist or turn: to have a cast in one's eye</li><li>a warp</li><li>a slight tinge of some color; hue; shade: A good diamond does not have a yellowish cast.</li><li>a dash or trace; a small amount</li><li>Mathematics</li><li>computation; calculation; addition</li><li>a prediction; forecast</li><li>Zoology</li><li>something that is shed, ejected, or cast off or out, as molted skin, a feather, food from a bird's crop, or the coil of sand and waste passed by certain earthworms</li><li>Ornithology</li><li>pellet</li><li>Falconry</li><li>a pair of hawks put in flight together</li><li>Pathology</li><li>effused plastic matter produced in the hollow parts of various diseased organs</li><li>low-grade, irregular wool</li></ul><p><strong>adjective</strong></p><ul><li>(of an animal, especially a horse) lying in such a position that it is unable to return to its feet without assistance</li></ul><p><strong>verb phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to add up; compute</li><li>to vomit; eject</li><li>Chiefly Scot</li><li>to turn up; appear</li><li>to look, as to find something; search; seek: We cast about for something to do during the approaching summer vacation.</li><li>to scheme; plan: He cast about how he could avoid work.</li><li>to refer to something past; revert to: The composer casts back to his earlier work.</li><li>castoff (def)</li><li>Also cast aside</li><li>to reject; discard</li><li>to shipwreck</li><li>to throw away; squander: He will cast away this money just as he has done in the past.</li><li>Knitting</li><li>to set (yarn) on a needle in order to form the initial stitches in knitting</li><li>to lower; humble</li><li>to force out; expel; eject</li></ul>