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1. Put or send forth
   "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light";
   - project, contrive, throw
    
2. Deposit
   "cast a vote"; "cast a ballot"
    
3. (performing arts) select to play, sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
   "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona"
    
4. Throw forcefully
   - hurl, hurtle
    
5. Assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
   "Who cast this beautiful movie?"
    
6. Move about aimlessly or without any fixed destination
   "They cast from town to town";
   - roll, wander, swan [informal], stray, tramp, roam, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond [archaic]
    
7. Form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mould
   "cast a bronze sculpture";
   - mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn]
    
8. To remove
   "he cast his image as a pushy boss";
   - shed, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop, lose
    
9. Choose at random
   "cast lots";
   - draw
    
10. Formulate in a particular style or language
    "She cast her request in very polite language";
    - frame, redact, put, couch

1. The actors in a play
   - cast of characters, dramatis personae
    
2. Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
   - mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. The distinctive form in which a thing is made
   "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region";
   - mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], stamp
    
4. The visual appearance of something or someone
   "the delicate cast of his features";
   - form, shape
    
5. Bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
   - plaster cast, plaster bandage
    
6. Object formed by a mould
   - casting
    
7. The act of throwing dice
   - roll
    
8. The act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
   - casting
    
9. A violent throw
   - hurl

Sounds like: caste, karst

Derived forms: casts, cast, casting

Type of: appearance, articulate, assemblage, assign, bandage, container, copy, delegate, depute, designate, direct, fishing, forge, form, formulate, gathering, give, give voice, go, locomote, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], move, patch, phrase, remove, send, shape, solid, sportfishing, take, take away, throw, travel, visual aspect, wing, withdraw, word, work

Part of: company, craps, troupe

Encyclopedia: Cast, Finistère