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cast n. 1 throw, toss, pitch, shy, lob, thrust, chuck: In his next
cast, the bowler lightly struck the jack. 2 dramatis personae,
actors and actresses, players, performers, troupe, company: We
invited the cast to a party after the show. 3 form, shape,
mould; formation, formulation, arrangement: She can appreciate
the turn of the phrase, the happy cast and flow of the sentence.
4 model, casting, mould; stamp, type: The Ming vase was copied
from a cast. There are not many men of the cast of Crocker. 5
twist, turn, irregularity, warp; squint: The mare had a cast in
her gallop. The pirate had a cast in his left eye. 6 turn,
inclination, bent, hint, touch; tinge, tint, colouring: He has
a melancholy cast of mind.
--v. 7 throw, toss, pitch, fling, sling, hurl, dash, send,
Colloq chuck, shy: She tore off the gold necklace and cast it
into the lake. 8 assign, delegate, appoint, designate, name,
nominate, choose, pick, select: He has cast me as the villain
in his little drama. 9 form, mould, found: The king's
death-mask, cast in plaster, was on the floor of the tomb. 10
cast about for. search for, look for, seek: He was casting
about for an excuse to avoid going to the Fordyces' for dinner.
11 cast aside. reject, discard, cast or throw away or out, get
rid of: The expensive toys had been cast aside and the children
were playing with the boxes and wrappings. 12 cast away. maroon,
shipwreck: Jim O'Shea was cast away upon an Indian isle. 13
cast off. throw off, shed, doff: One's upbringing cannot be
cast off like an old overcoat. 14 cast out. expel, drive out,
throw out, evict, eject, oust, exile, remove, cast aside: She
was cast out of the house by her mother, who had married a
biker.
castaway n. reject, cast-off, outcast, pariah, exile: She always looked
after the moral well-being of the castaways of society.
caste n. (social) class, rank, order, level, stratum, standing,
position, station, status, estate: The women of her caste
practised suttee.
castigate v. chastise, punish, correct, penalize, discipline, rebuke,
reprimand, read (someone) the riot act, keelhaul, chasten,
criticize, Colloq tell off, dress down, Chiefly Brit tick off,
Brit carpet, haul over the coals, US and Canadian chew out, rake