What is the meaning of cast?

noun

• The actors in a play.
  • synonyms: cast of characters, dramatis personae
• Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens.
  • synonyms: mold, mould
• The distinctive form in which a thing is made.
  • usage: "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region"
  • synonyms: mold, mould, stamp
• The visual appearance of something or someone.
  • usage: "the delicate cast of his features"
  • synonyms: form, shape
• Bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal.
  • synonyms: plaster cast, plaster bandage
• Object formed by a mold.
  • synonyms: casting
• The act of throwing dice.
  • synonyms: roll
• The act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel.
  • synonyms: casting
• A violent throw.
  • synonyms: hurl

verb

• Put or send forth.
  • usage: "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"
  • synonyms: project, contrive, throw
• Deposit.
  • usage: "cast a vote"; "cast a ballot"
• Select to play, sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet.
  • usage: "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona"
• Throw forcefully.
  • synonyms: hurl, hurtle
• Assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors.
  • usage: "Who cast this beautiful movie"
• Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
  • usage: "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
  • synonyms: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
• Form by pouring (e. G., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold.
  • usage: "cast a bronze sculpture"
  • synonyms: mold, mould
• Get rid of.
  • usage: "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"
  • synonyms: shed, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
• Choose at random.
  • usage: "draw a card"; "cast lots"
  • synonyms: draw
• Formulate in a particular style or language.
  • usage: "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
  • synonyms: frame, redact, put, couch
• Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
  • usage: "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
  • synonyms: vomit, vomit up, purge, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up