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

cast

2 4.9

The act of throwing a fishing line into the water

noun
/kæst/

Jargon

: lance

Now that's what I call the perfect cast.
a fly cast
practice casts

So, uh, first fish of the day, first cast of the day, man, it's going to be a good day.

Examples

My best friend, enjoying the water, trying to throw the perfect cast.

The Longest Swim (2014)
While Grandpa and Andy talked, I baited my hooks and made a cast into the murky waters near the bar.

Fiction book (1992)
So, uh, first fish of the day, first cast of the day, man, it's going to be a good day.

Jiggin' With Jordan
When he finally makes his cast, he drops his sinker into what he believes will be a productive hole.

Fiction book (1993)
Suppose you've measured some casts with a favorite rod, reel, or lure.

Blog text (13)
After practicing my technique, my last cast landed perfectly on the water's surface.
With each cast of his line, he felt more confident in his fishing skills.
The best moment of the trip was when I finally mastered a long cast that reached the deeper water.

Synonyms

casting

vscast

7 3.4

To throw a fishing line with a rod and reel into the water

is the same action but expressed in a different word form

fly casting

vscast

Specialized

1 5.2

The use of a special rod and line to throw a small fake fly into water to catch fish

is the general action of throwing a fishing line with rod and reel

Antonyms

to retrieve

254 3.7

To go and get something and bring it back, for example a dog bringing a ball

Idioms

to cast a shadow

13 6.2

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

to cast the first stone

Literature

8 7.7

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

to cast a wider net

7 4.2

To look in more places to find someone or something

to cast a pall

4 8.2

Make a meeting or event feel gloomy and sad

to cast pearls before swine

Literature

1 9.5

To give something valuable to people who do not appreciate it

to cast bread upon the waters

Archaic

1 9.9

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

cast in concrete

1 6.7

Fixed and not able to be changed

to cast a chill

1 8.2

Make people feel uneasy, disappointed or uncomfortable

to cast in someone's teeth

Informal

1 9.9

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

to cast up one's accounts

9.3

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

Compounds

cast iron

Specialized

29 3.7

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

cast of characters

17 3.4

A group of actors who perform in a play or film

plaster cast

Specialized

5 3.1

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

cast-off

2 4.5

A thing, often clothing, that someone has thrown away

Caucasian cast

1 6.9

A group of actors who are mostly white

cast-iron plant

1 7.2

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

needle cast

Specialized

1 7.9

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

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

soft-cast steel

Specialized

5.1

Steel with very little carbon that is easy to shape

How Far

heave

5 5.5

lob

7 4.4

cast

Jargon

2 4.9

to pitch

186 2.3

to flip

547 1.8

Surface Forms

cast singular

casts plural

Etymology

Cast for the action of throwing a fishing line comes from the basic idea 'to throw', because you 'throw' the line out over the water. So a fisher's cast is the act of sending the line out.