👥 Group of actors ➡️ To throw or send 🎭 To assign roles 🗳️ To submit a vote 🦴 A hard cover ⚒️ To shape by pouring 🧥 To remove 🎲 To choose randomly 📺 To stream media 🙂 Shape or form 🗿 A shaped object 🤢 To vomit 🧊 A mold container 🎣 Throwing a line 🏹 A strong throw 🎲 Throwing dice

cast

2 3.5

A strong throw of something

noun
/kæst/

: lanzamiento

He made a perfect cast into the water, hoping to catch a big fish.

Examples

I took three casts and got my first one.

Fiction book (2001)
So I rear back and then I give it the most gusto of any cast I've ever given.
Toby had a sharp delivery on his cast, which we worked on for a while as the raft drifted along the smooth, sunny river.

Fiction book (1994)
With a swift motion, she executed a high and powerful cast that landed right at the dock.
Every cast he made brought him closer to reeling in a trophy fish.

Synonyms

fling

vscast

9 3.2

An act of throwing something with force

is the same forceful action but can be less violent

slinging

vscast

6 6.1

Throwing something with a wide, swinging arm movement

focuses on force rather than the sweeping motion

hurl

vscast

3 3.9

A strong sudden throw of something

is forceful or vigorous but not necessarily violent

arm throw

vscast

1 2.8

A throw that uses the arm, often in sport

is general forceful action not limited to sport or limb use

Antonyms

to catch

132 3.5

To hit someone or something often by surprise

Idioms

to cast the first stone

Literature

6 7.7

To be the first to criticize someone when you have the same fault

to cast a pall

4 8.2

Make a meeting or event feel gloomy and sad

to cast a shadow

4 6.2

Make a person, event, or situation seem less happy and less hopeful

to cast a wider net

3 4.2

To look in more places to find someone or something

to cast a chill

8.2

Make people feel uneasy, disappointed or uncomfortable

to cast bread upon the waters

Archaic

9.9

Do something kind without expecting anything back, hoping it helps later

cast in concrete

6.7

Fixed and not able to be changed

to cast in someone's teeth

Informal

9.9

To hurt someone by reminding them of an embarrassing thing they did

to cast pearls before swine

Literature

9.5

To give something valuable to people who do not appreciate it

to cast up one's accounts

9.3

To add up the money someone gets and spends to find the total

Compounds

cast of characters

14 3.4

A group of actors who perform in a play or film

cast iron

Specialized

12 3.7

A very hard but brittle metal made by melting iron and pouring it into molds

plaster cast

Specialized

3 3.1

A hard shell of plaster that keeps a broken bone still while it heals

cast-off

1 4.5

A thing, often clothing, that someone has thrown away

Caucasian cast

6.9

A group of actors who are mostly white

cast-iron plant

7.2

A very hardy houseplant that has long green leaves and needs little care

alloy cast iron

Specialized

6.0

A type of cast iron made by adding other metals to make it stronger and resist wear

leaf cast

9.9

A disease of evergreen trees like pines that makes their needles fall early

needle cast

Specialized

7.9

A disease of pine and spruce trees that makes their needles turn brown and fall early

soft-cast steel

Specialized

5.1

Steel with very little carbon that is easy to shape

How Forceful

to hurl

53 3.6

cast

2 3.5

heave

4 5.5

to throw

∞ 1.0

to toss

348 1.0

Surface Forms

cast singular

casts plural

Etymology

Cast as a forceful throw comes straight from the old German kast 'to throw', so a strong cast is simply a powerful throw. So a fishers' heavy or fast throw is called a cast.