ALL meanings of cast off
cast off
C c - 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
- noun cast off an estimate of the amount of space that a piece of copy will occupy when printed in a particular size and style of type 3
- verb cast off to remove (mooring lines) that hold (a vessel) to a dock 3
- verb cast off to knot (a row of stitches, esp the final row) in finishing off knitted or woven material 3
- verb cast off to estimate the amount of space that will be taken up by (a book, piece of copy, etc) when it is printed in a particular size and style of type 3
- verb cast off (in Scottish country dancing) to perform a progressive movement during which each partner of a couple dances separately behind one line of the set and then reunites with the other in their original position in the set or in a new position 3
- noun cast off to discard; abandon; disown 3
- noun cast off to set free 3
- noun cast off to release or disengage the line or lines holding a vessel in place beside a dock, quay, etc. 3
- noun cast off to make the last row of stitches 3
- noun cast off to estimate how many lines or pages of type will be set from (a given amount of copy) 3
- verb with object cast off to throw up (earth, sod, etc.), as with a shovel. 1
- verb with object cast off to put or place, especially hastily or forcibly: to cast someone in prison. 1
- verb with object cast off to deposit or give (a ballot or vote). 1
- verb with object cast off to bestow; confer: to cast blessings upon someone. 1
- verb with object cast off to make suitable or accordant; tailor: He cast his remarks to fit the occasion. 1
- verb with object cast off Theater. to select actors for (a play, motion picture, or the like). to allot a role to (an actor). to assign an actor to (a role). 1
- verb with object cast off to form (an object) by pouring metal, plaster, etc., in a fluid state into a mold and letting it harden. 1
- verb with object cast off to form (metal, plaster, etc.) into a particular shape by pouring it into a mold in a fluid state and letting it harden. 1
- verb with object cast off to tap (a blast furnace). 1
- verb with object cast off to compute or calculate; add, as a column of figures. 1
- verb with object cast off to compute or calculate (a horoscope) astrologically; forecast. 1
- verb with object cast off to turn or twist; warp. 1
- verb with object cast off Nautical. to turn the head of (a vessel), especially away from the wind in getting under way. 1
- verb with object cast off 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 off Archaic. to contrive, devise, or plan. 1
- verb with object cast off Obsolete. to ponder. 1
- verb without object cast off to throw. 1
- verb without object cast off to receive form in a mold. 1
- verb without object cast off to calculate or add. 1
- verb without object cast off to conjecture; forecast. 1
- verb without object cast off (of hounds) to search an area for scent: The setter cast, but found no scent. 1
- verb without object cast off to warp, as timber. 1
- verb without object cast off Nautical. (of a vessel) to turn, especially to get the head away from the wind; tack. 1
- verb without object cast off to select the actors for a play, motion picture, or the like. 1
- verb without object cast off Obsolete. to consider. to plan or scheme. 1
- noun cast off act of casting or throwing. 1
- noun cast off that which is thrown. 1
- noun cast off the distance to which a thing may be cast or thrown. 1
- noun cast off Games. a throw of dice. the number rolled. 1
- noun cast off Angling. act of throwing a line or net onto the water. a spot for casting a fishing line; a fishing place. 1
- noun cast off Theater. the group of performers to whom parts are assigned; players. 1
- noun cast off Hunting. a searching of an area for a scent by hounds. 1
- noun cast off a stroke of fortune; fortune or lot. 1
- noun cast off a ride offered on one's way; lift. 1