cast
put or send forth
How often you will meet it
Rank 813 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 22,367 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- put or send forth also: project, contrive, throw She threw the flashlight beam into the cornerThe setting sun threw long shadows
- deposit cast a votecast a ballot
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona
- throw forcefully also: hurl, hurtle
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors Who cast this beautiful movie?
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment also: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam The gypsies roamed the woodsroving vagabonds
cast in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He cast again his baited hook, And drew another up!
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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I've made a plaster cast of one of the prints.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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The acting is fairly satisfactory, the cast including a star, supported by an efficient company.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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Try every child in every child's part before you make your final selection of the cast of characters.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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E V I L I am cast upon a desolate island, having no hopes, no prospects of a welcome deliverance.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1