CAST

I. verb (~; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kasta; akin to Old Norse kǫs heap Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to cause to move or send forth by throwing , direct , c. to put forth , to place as if by throwing , to deposit (a ballot) formally, e. to throw off or away , to get rid of ; discard , shed , molt , to bring forth, to throw to the ground especially in wrestling, to build by throwing up earth, 2. a. to perform arithmetical operations on ; add , to calculate by means of astrology, decide , intend , 3. to dispose or arrange into parts or into a suitable form or order, b. to assign the parts of (a dramatic production) to actors , to assign (as an actor) to a role or part , 4. to give a shape to (a substance) by pouring in liquid or plastic form into a mold and letting harden without pressure , to form by this process, turn , to make (a knot or stitch) by looping or catching up, twist , warp , intransitive verb to throw something, vomit , to bear fruit ; yield , 4. to perform addition, estimate , conjecture , warp , to range over land in search of a trail, veer , see: discard ~ability noun ~able adjective II. noun Date: 14th century 1. an act of ~ing, something that happens as a result of chance, a throw of dice, a throw of a line (as a fishing line) or net, 2. the form in which a thing is constructed, b. the set of actors in a dramatic production, a set of characters or persons , the arrangement of draperies in a painting, the distance to which a thing can be thrown, 4. a turning of the eye in a particular direction, a slight strabismus, something that is thrown or the quantity thrown, 6. something that is formed by ~ing in a mold or form: as, a reproduction (as of a statue) in metal or plaster ; ~ing , a fossil reproduction of the details of a natural object by mineral infiltration, an impression taken from an object with a liquid or plastic substance ; mold , a rigid casing (as of fiberglass or of gauze impregnated with plaster of paris) used for immobilizing a usually diseased or broken part, fore~ , conjecture , 8. an overspread of a color or modification of the appearance of a substance by a trace of some added hue ; shade , tinge , suggestion , 9. a ride on one's way in a vehicle ; lift , help , assistance , 10. shape , appearance , characteristic quality , something that is shed, ejected, or thrown out or off: as, the excrement of an earthworm, a mass of soft matter formed in cavities of diseased organs and discharged from the body, the skin of an insect, the ranging in search of a trail by a dog, hunting pack, or tracker