to recast

Examples

• All

• We'll put a support in, leave that until we remove the item and the item comes back either recast or repaired.

• Finally, the "craftsman" Contemplation melts these pieces down and recasts them "in the mold of the divine likeness."

  Academic text (2011)

• The coins will have to be melted and recast?

  Fiction book (1992)

• We are collecting scrap iron to recast small mortars more suitable for my plan.

  Napoleon (2023)

• In recent years, there has grown up a school of thought that questions the value of blanket analyses, particularly in the more recent past when metal objects were likely to have been melted down and recast, making their source obscure.

  Academic text (1994)

• In recognition of the status and support of the seigneur of a parish, there was a tradition of dedicating church bells to the chief lord of the parish and a lady of his family, who acted as godparents when the bells were recast.

  Academic text (2018)

• Gold, gentlemen, which can be melted down and recast, is virtually untraceable, which makes it, unlike diamonds, ideal for smuggling, attracting the biggest and most ingenious criminals.

  Goldfinger (1964)

• The Emperor Hadrian had a pair, dug up at Tivoli, but one of the more philistine of the Farnese Popes melted them down and had them recast as a particularly voluptuous Venus.

  Call Me by Your Name (2017)

• The artist decided to recast the statue in bronze after the original was damaged.

• After the old metal was melted down, workers recast it into new tools for the workshop.

Synonyms

R

to reshape

vsto recast

49 3.5

To change the form of something so it looks different

involves melting and casting rather than general reshaping

R

to remodel

vsto recast

35 3.7

To change the shape and look of something, usually a room or building

refers to melting and forming into a new shape not structural change

R

to refashion

vsto recast

3 4.9

To change something into a new or different form

involves melting and forming rather than altering style or look

R

to reforge

vsto recast

1 7.6

Make something again by melting and shaping it or by changing it a lot

is the literal melting and forming process rather than figurative use

R

to remold

vsto recast

• US

1 4.9

To shape a worn object again so it can be used

involves melting down and forming into a new shape not just reshaping

How Much

to reforge

1 7.6

to recast

• Specialized

1 5.5

to remelt

5.3

to reshape

49 3.5

to repair

365 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology