cast

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the visual appearance of something or someone

   The delicate cast of my features gets me lots of modeling work.

2. 2
   noun

   the distinctive form in which a thing is made

   pottery of this cast was found throughout the region

3. 3
   verb

   to get rid of

   I will cast you into the abyss, foul beast!

4. 4
   verb

   to form by pouring a substance, e.g. wax or hot metal into a mold

   I cast a bronze sculpture.

5. 5
   verb

   to select to play, sing, or dance in a performance

   The director cast a newcomer in the role of Desdemona.

6. 6
   verb

   to deposit

   I casted a vote for the underdog.

7. 7
   verb

   to assign the roles of a movie or a play to actors

   Who cast this beautiful movie?

8. 8
   verb

   To move, or be moved, away.

   Why then a Ladder quaintly made of Cords / To cast vp, with a paire of anchoring hookes, / Would serue to scale another Hero's towre[…].

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots cast (“to cast, throw”), Danish kaste (“to throw”), Swedish kasta (“to throw, cast, fling, toss, discard”), Icelandic kasta (“to pitch, toss”). In the sense of "flinging", displaced native warp. The senses relating to broadcasting are based on that same term; compare -cast.