Cast Away meanings. All definitions of Cast Away

verb with object cast away to tap (a blast furnace). 1

verb with object cast away to compute or calculate; add, as a column of figures. 1

verb with object cast away to compute or calculate (a horoscope) astrologically; forecast. 1

verb with object cast away to turn or twist; warp. 1

verb with object cast away Nautical. to turn the head of (a vessel), especially away from the wind in getting under way. 1

verb with object cast away Fox Hunting. (of a hunter) to lead or direct (hounds) over ground believed to have been recently traveled by a fox. 1

verb with object cast away Archaic. to contrive, devise, or plan. 1

verb with object cast away Obsolete. to ponder. 1

verb without object cast away to throw. 1

verb without object cast away to receive form in a mold. 1

verb without object cast away to calculate or add. 1

verb without object cast away to conjecture; forecast. 1

verb without object cast away (of hounds) to search an area for scent: The setter cast, but found no scent. 1

verb without object cast away to warp, as timber. 1

verb without object cast away Nautical. (of a vessel) to turn, especially to get the head away from the wind; tack. 1

verb without object cast away to select the actors for a play, motion picture, or the like. 1

verb without object cast away Obsolete. to consider. to plan or scheme. 1

noun cast away act of casting or throwing. 1

noun cast away that which is thrown. 1

noun cast away the distance to which a thing may be cast or thrown. 1

noun cast away Games. a throw of dice. the number rolled. 1

noun cast away Angling. act of throwing a line or net onto the water. a spot for casting a fishing line; a fishing place. 1

noun cast away Theater. the group of performers to whom parts are assigned; players. 1

noun cast away Hunting. a searching of an area for a scent by hounds. 1

noun cast away a stroke of fortune; fortune or lot. 1

noun cast away a ride offered on one's way; lift. 1

noun cast away the form in which something is made or written; arrangement. 1

noun cast away Metallurgy. act of casting or founding. the quantity of metal cast at one time. 1

noun cast away something formed from a material poured into a mold in a molten or liquid state; casting. 1

noun cast away an impression or mold made from something. 1

noun cast away Medicine/Medical. a rigid surgical dressing, usually made of bandage treated with plaster of Paris. 1

noun cast away outward form; appearance. 1

noun cast away sort; kind; style. 1

noun cast away tendency; inclination. 1

noun cast away a permanent twist or turn: to have a cast in one's eye. 1

noun cast away a warp. 1

noun cast away a slight tinge of some color; hue; shade: A good diamond does not have a yellowish cast. 1

noun cast away a dash or trace; a small amount. 1

noun cast away computation; calculation; addition. 1

noun cast away a conjecture; forecast. 1

noun cast away Zoology. something that is shed, ejected, or cast off or out, as molted skin, a feather, food from a bird's crop, or the coil of sand and waste passed by certain earthworms. 1

noun cast away Ornithology. pellet (def 6). 1

noun cast away Falconry. a pair of hawks put in flight together. 1

noun cast away Pathology. effused plastic matter produced in the hollow parts of various diseased organs. 1

noun cast away low-grade, irregular wool. 1

adjective cast away (of an animal, especially a horse) lying in such a position that it is unable to return to its feet without assistance. 1

idioms cast away at a single cast, through a single action or event: He bankrupted himself at a single cast. 1

transitive verb cast away discard 1

transitive verb cast away shipwreck 1

adjective cast away discarded 1

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