Word Finder - cast

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An act of throwing.

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An instance of throwing out a fishing line.

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Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.

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A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.

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The area near the stream was covered with little bubbly worm casts.

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The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.

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He’s in the cast of Oliver.

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The casting procedure.

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The men got into position for the cast, two at the ladle, two with long rods, all with heavy clothing.

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An object made in a mould.

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The cast would need a great deal of machining to become a recognizable finished part.

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A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.

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The doctor put a cast on the boy’s broken arm.

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The mould used to make cast objects.

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A plaster cast was made from his face.

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(hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.

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A squint.

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Visual appearance.

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Her features had a delicate cast to them.

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The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.

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a cast of mind, a mental tendency.

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An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.

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Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.

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A group of crabs.

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A broadcast.

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(physical) To move, or be moved, away.

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To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).

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To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.

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(social) To predict, to decide, to plan.

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To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).

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To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.

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To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.

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To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.

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To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).

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To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.

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To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).

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To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.

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Casting is generally an indication of bad design.

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Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.

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To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.

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To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.

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To broadcast.

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The streamer was the first to cast footage of the new game.

Does he cast a shadow?

They're putting a cast on her leg right now.

She cast Alex a scorching look.

The doctor cast a rapid glance upwards and silently shrugged his shoulders.

Why were they cast out of the underworld?

He was cast out of the Immortal world fairly young.

Darkyn's mate cast a worried look at the teen demoness, who was shaking.

Gabriel.s small cottage was lit by a single candle that cast light on a collection of weapons along one wall and a few books on a bookshelf on another.

In time to cast my vote!

Anger awoke her from the odd spell he seemed to cast over her.

Water shot from the bottom of the canyon, forming hundreds of tall columns whose mist cast rainbows in the bright moonlight.

Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence.

Or cast myself into the Lake of Souls.

They cast several glances her way and appeared as interested in her as they were in looking past her.

I saw Mr. Vanoli in the alley on my way to the Chinese yesterday, but I cast my eyes down and looked the other way.

Katie followed, trailed closely by Deidre.  The sounds of their escape were nothing compared to the sounds of what followed.  Katie cast a look over her shoulder and saw several demons had dropped into the jungle and transformed into panther-like forms.  She stopped and reached into the pouch slung across her chest.

He called another portal and strode through it to the house of the one brother he'd come to almost trust.  Kiki's feet were propped on a cast iron table while he gazed intently at the screen of his trusty iPad.

Follow me, Toby said.  He cast another puzzled look at Deidre and ran forward.

There was anger in her voice, her eyes cast downward "We have to talk," Dean said, taking the only other seat.

Her eyes were cast downward, and her glass still in place on the table.

My father disowned me and cast out my mother and me.

But admiration of his talents must not blind us to his moral worthlessness, nor is it right to cast the blame for his excesses on the brutal and vicious society in which he lived.

Each time this happened Rostov felt uncomfortable and cast down his eyes.

But how cast off all the superfluous, devilish burden of my outer man?

The cast skipped town leaving a peck of unpaid bills.

While the theft of the bone cast a pall on the upcoming activity, the anticipation of an outing in the mountains helped brighten their mood.

She hefted the cast iron skillet and spooned some scrambled eggs into his plate.

Dean felt the beginnings of a headache creep along the base of his neck as he tried to concentrate on who, among the cast of characters cloistered snugly in Bird Song, might have been responsible for Jerome Shipton's fall.

Gabe cast an irritated look over his shoulder but looked where she indicated.  He lowered the sword he was using to hack through the brush and started in that direction.  Katie watched as the forest cleared a path for him, the way it had before.

Friday morning had a yellow cast about it as if something omi­nous was about to take place.

Lowering the heavy cast iron frying pan into the sink, she filled it with water and left it to soak.

Carmen Barnett curled up on the window seat and watched from the bay window as the sun cast its first rays on the farmstead below.

It was where he was birthed and spent only a few weeks before his mother was cast out.

In exchange, she would help me seek revenge against those who cast us out after I was born.

They usually take the form of cast iron open stoves fitted with a number of Bunsen burners which heat perforated lumps of asbestos.

In this case both collars of cast iron are loose.

A notable feature of modern boiler construction is the mode of building the apparatus of cast iron in either horizontal or vertical sections.

Metallurgy.The average production and value of iron and steel manufactured in France in the last four decades of the I 9th century is shown below Cast Iron.

On the 6th of October 1769 the coast of New Zealand was sighted, and two days later Cook cast anchor in Poverty Bay, so named from the inhospitality and hostility of the natives.

At last one cast a stone towards the boat, which earned him a charge of small shot in the leg.

The events of these three years taught the Labour leaders that a parliamentary party was of little practical influence unless it was able to cast on all important occasions a solid vote, and to meet the case a new method was devised.

Opposite the barracks is the memorial to the officers and men of the Royal Artillery who fell in the Crimean War, a bronze figure of Victory cast out of cannon captured in the Crimea.

All the tissues external to the cork are cast off by the plant.

His spare time was devoted to the prosecution of studies in philology and history, more particularly to the study of Thucydides, and of the new light which had been cast upon Roman history and upon historical method in general by the researches of Niebuhr.

The Sumerians cast the heads of their lions in copper, not always with successful results, and filled them with bitumen and clay (like the image in " Bel and the Dragon," which was " clay within and brass without ") to give them solidity.

In order to consolidate his possessions still further, now that French success seemed assured, the pope determined to deal drastically with Romagna, which although nominally under papal rule was divided up into a number of practically independent lordships on which Venice, Milan and Florance cast hungry eyes.

The romance of his love affair with Sarah Curran - who afterwards married Robert Henry Sturgeon, an officer distinguished in the Peninsular War - has cast a glamour over the memory of Robert Emmet; and it inspired Thomas Moore's well-known songs, "She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps," and "Oh, breathe not his name"; it is also the subject of Washington Irving's "The Broken Heart."

If the observer takes up a suitable position near water, his coat is often seen to be covered with the cast sub-imaginal skins of these insects, which had chosen him as a convenient object upon which to undergo their final change.

It is a centre of the iron and steel industries, producing principally cast steel, cast iron, iron pipes, wire and wire ropes, and lamps, with tin and zinc works, coal-mining, factories for carpets, calcium carbide and paper-roofing, brickworks and breweries.

A plaster cast of the type is, when dry, saturated with shellac varnish and redried.