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cast off

cast off
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kast, kahst awf, of]
    • /kæst, kɑst ɔf, ɒf/
    • /kɑːst ɒf/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kast, kahst awf, of]
    • /kæst, kɑst ɔf, ɒf/

Definitions of cast off words

  • phrasal verb cast off If you cast off something, you get rid of it because it is no longer necessary or useful to you, or because it is harmful to you. 3
  • phrasal verb cast off If you are on a boat and you cast off, you untie the rope that is keeping the boat in a fixed position. 3
  • adjective cast off Cast-off things, especially clothes, are ones which someone no longer uses because they are old or unfashionable, and which they give to someone else or throw away. 3
  • adjective cast off Cast-off is also a noun. 3
  • adjective cast off thrown away; abandoned 3
  • noun cast off a person or thing that has been discarded or abandoned 3

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Origin of cast off

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English casten < Old Norse kasta to throw

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Cast off

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

cast off popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

cast off usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for cast off

verb cast off

  • abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
  • discard — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
  • disown — to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
  • jettison — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
  • throw away — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.

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