cast
Pronunciation
[change]- (UK) enPR: käst, IPA (key): /kɑːst/, SAMPA: /kA:st/
- (US) enPR: kăst, IPA (key): /kæst/, SAMPA: /k{st/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: caste
Verb
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- (transitive) If casts light or shadow on , causes to be lit or in shadow.
- The street light outside my window cast shadows on the wall.
- The campfire cast a warm light on her face.
- (transitive) If you cast light on an idea or problem, you make it clearer by giving more information about it.
- Our research casts new light on the connection between temperature and plant growth.
- (transitive) If you cast doubt on something, you make make people less likely to believe it.
- The video casts doubt on the story told by police.
- (transitive & intransitive) If you cast a look, glance, you look quickly.
- She cast about for her pen.
- He cast a quick look at the TV.
- (transitive) If you cast a vote, you vote in an election.
- I've decided to cast my vote for the Democratic Party.
- (transitive) If you cast metal, plastic, etc., you make an object by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden.
- (transitive) If you cast somebody in a part in a play, movie, etc., you choose them to play that part.
- (transitive) If you cast something somewhere, you throw it there.
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- (countable) The cast of a play, movie, or show are all the people who act in it.
- The director has brought back many of the cast and crew of the earlier movie.
- (countable) The cast of characters is the complete list of characters.
- (countable) A cast is a hard protective covering on part of your body that has been seriously hurt or broken.
- (countable) A cast is a shape made by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden.
- (countable) A cast is a throw, especially in fishing when you throw your line out.