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=== Pronunciation ===
* {{UK}} {{enPR|käst}}, {{IPA|/kɑːst/}}, {{SAMPA|/kA:st/}}
* {{US}} {{enPR|kăst}}, {{IPA|/kæst/}}, {{SAMPA|/k{st/}}
* {{audio|en-us-cast.ogg|US}}
* {{hmp|caste}}

== Verb ==
{{verb2|cast|casts|cast|cast|casting}}
[[File:Full-disk Color Image of Crescent Saturn with Rings and Ring Shadows.jpg|thumb|[[Saturn]] '''casting''' a shadow on its rings]]
# {{transitive}} If <math>x</math> casts light or [[shadow]] on <math>y</math>, <math>x</math> causes <math>y</math> 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.''
# {{ti verb}} 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.

=== Synonyms ===
* [[throw]]
* [[mould]]

=== Related words ===
* [[-cast]]
* [[casting]]

== Noun ==
{{noun}}
[[File:Skateboard-cast-broken leg-690475-l.jpg|thumb|A boy with a '''cast''' on his leg]]
[[File:Plaster mask.jpg|thumb|Making a cast of a face]]
# {{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 [[character]]s 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.

=== Synonyms ===
* [[throw]]
* [[mould]]

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