CASTAWAY


Meaning of CASTAWAY in English

/kast"euh way', kahst"-/ , n.

1. a shipwrecked person.

2. anything cast adrift or thrown away.

3. an outcast.

adj.

4. cast adrift.

5. thrown away.

[ 1520-30; n., adj. use of v. phrase cast away ]

Syn. 3. pariah, outlaw, leper.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .