(~s, ~ing)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Note: The form '~' is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.
1.
The ~ of a play or film is all the people who act in it.
The show is very amusing and the ~ are very good.
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2.
To ~ an actor in a play or film means to choose them to act a particular role in it.
The world premiere of Harold Pinter’s new play ~s Ian Holm in the lead role...
He was ~ as a college professor...
He had no trouble ~ing the movie.
VERB: V n in/as n, V n in/as n, V n
~ing
...the ~ing director of Ealing film studios.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n, N n
3.
To ~ someone in a particular way or as a particular thing means to describe them in that way or suggest they are that thing.
Democrats have been worried about being ~ as the party of the poor...
Holland would never dare ~ himself as a virtuoso pianist.
VERB: V n as/in n, V pron-refl as/in n
4.
If you ~ your eyes or ~ a look in a particular direction, you look quickly in that direction. (WRITTEN)
He ~ a stern glance at the two men...
I ~ my eyes down briefly...
The maid, ~ing black looks, hurried out.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv, V n
5.
If something ~s a light or shadow somewhere, it causes it to appear there. (WRITTEN)
The moon ~ a bright light over the yard...
They flew in over the beach, ~ing a huge shadow.
VERB: V n prep, V n
6.
To ~ doubt on something means to cause people to be unsure about it.
Last night a top criminal psychologist ~ doubt on the theory.
VERB: V n on n
7.
When you ~ your vote in an election, you vote.
About ninety-five per cent of those who ~ their votes approve the new constitution...
Gaviria had been widely expected to obtain well over half the votes ~.
VERB: V n, V-ed
8.
To ~ something or someone somewhere means to throw them there. (LITERARY)
Any true lover ~ing a pin into the fountain and gazing into it will see his or her future partner...
John had Maude and her son ~ into a dungeon.
VERB: V n prep, have n V-ed prep
9.
To ~ an object means to make it by pouring a liquid such as hot metal into a specially shaped container and leaving it there until it becomes hard.
...sculptures ~ in bronze.
VERB: V-ed in n
10.
A ~ is a model that has been made by pouring a liquid such as plaster or hot metal onto something or into something, so that when it hardens it has the same shape as that thing.
An orthodontist took a ~ of the inside of Billy’s mouth.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
11.
A ~ is the same as a plaster ~ .
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12.
see also ~ing
13.
to ~ aspersions: see aspersions
the die is ~: see die
to ~ your mind back: see mind
to ~ your net wider: see net