Cast

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Verb

Saturn casting a shadow on its rings

1. Template:Transitive If $x$ casts light or shadow on $y$, $x$ causes $y$ 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.

2. Template: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.

3. Template: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.

4. Template: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.

5. Template:Transitive If you cast a vote, you vote in an election.

   I've decided to cast my vote for the Democratic Party.

6. Template: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.
7. Template:Transitive If you cast somebody in a part in a play, movie, etc., you choose them to play that part.
8. Template:Transitive If you cast something somewhere, you throw it there.

Synonyms

• throw
• mould

Related words

• -cast
• casting

Noun

A boy with a cast on his leg

Making a cast of a face

1. Template: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.

2. Template:Countable The cast of characters is the complete list of characters.
3. Template:Countable A cast is a hard protective covering on part of your body that has been seriously hurt or broken.
4. Template:Countable A cast is a shape made by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden.
5. Template:Countable A cast is a throw, especially in fishing when you throw your line out.

Synonyms

• throw
• mould