cast+aside

  • 21cast — I UK [kɑːst] / US [kæst] verb Word forms cast : present tense I/you/we/they cast he/she/it casts present participle casting past tense cast past participle cast *** 1) a) [transitive] to choose a performer for a particular part or for a… …

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  • 22cast — v. & n. v. (past and past part. cast) 1 tr. throw, esp. deliberately or forcefully. 2 tr. (often foll. by on, over) a direct or cause to fall (one s eyes, a glance, light, a shadow, a spell, etc.). b express (doubts, aspersions, etc.). 3 tr.… …

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  • 23cast out — verb 1. expel from a community or group • Syn: ↑banish, ↑ban, ↑ostracize, ↑ostracise, ↑shun, ↑blackball • Derivationally related forms: ↑blackball ( …

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  • 24cast — 1. verb 1) he cast the stone into the stream Syn: throw, toss, fling, pitch, hurl, lob; informal chuck 2) fishermen cast their nets Syn: spread, throw, open out 3) she cast a fe …

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  • 25cast away — verb throw or cast away Put away your worries • Syn: ↑discard, ↑fling, ↑toss, ↑toss out, ↑toss away, ↑chuck out, ↑cast aside, ↑dispose, ↑ …

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  • 26cast — Synonyms and related words: Ace bandage, Band Aid, Platonic form, Platonic idea, a thing for, abandon, abdicate, about ship, account, achromatism, acting company, actor, add, address, adhesive tape, aesthetic form, affinity, age group, aggregate …

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  • 27cast-off — a. Discarded, castaway, cast aside, thrown aside, worn, worn out …

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  • 28cast away — Synonyms and related words: abandon, beach, blow, break ground, cast, cast aside, cast loose, cast off, cat the anchor, chuck, consume, deep six, discard, dispose of, dissipate, ditch, drop the mooring, dump, eighty six, eliminate, fool away,… …

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  • 29cast somebody aside — ˌcast sb/sthaˈside derived (formal) to get rid of sb/sth because you no longer want or need them Syn: ↑discard • Casting modesty aside, she outlined the reason for her success. • …

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  • 30cast — [n1] a throw to the side casting, ejection, expulsion, fling, flinging, heave, heaving, hurl, hurling, launching, lob, lobbing, pitch, pitching, projection, propulsion, shooting, sling, slinging, thrust, thrusting, toss, tossing; concept 222 Ant …

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