1. Put or send forth
   "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light";
   - project, contrive, throw
    
2. Throw forcefully
   "He cast the fishing line far into the lake";
   - hurl, hurtle
    
3. 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. Assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
   "Who cast this beautiful movie?"
    
5. Form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mould
   "cast a bronze sculpture";
   - mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn]
    
6. Deposit
   "cast a vote"; "cast a ballot"
    
7. Move about aimlessly or without any fixed destination
   "The tourists cast about the city streets";
   - roll, wander, swan [informal], stray, tramp, roam, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond [archaic]
    
8. To remove
   "he cast his clothes";
   - shed, cast off, throw off, 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, put, couch

1. The actors in a play
   "The cast of characters was listed in the playbill";
   - cast of characters, dramatis personae
    
2. Object formed by a mould
   "The sculptor carefully removed the bronze cast from its mould";
   - casting
    
3. Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
   "The jeweller poured the molten metal into the cast";
   - mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn]
    
4. Bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
   "The doctor applied a plaster cast to the child's broken arm";
   - plaster cast, plaster bandage
    
5. 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
    
6. The visual appearance of something or someone
   "the delicate cast of his features";
   - form, shape
    
7. The act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
   "His precise cast allowed him to place the lure exactly where he wanted";
   - casting
    
8. The act of throwing dice
   "With a lucky cast of the dice, she won the game";
   - roll
    
9. A violent throw
   "His cast of the discus set a new record";
   - hurl

Sounds like: caste, karst

Derived forms: cast, casting, casts

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