cast
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/kæst/
English
Definitions
noun
- An act of throwing.
- An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.“The area near the stream was covered with little bubbly worm casts.”
verb
- (physical) To move, or be moved, away.
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- (social) To predict, to decide, to plan.