cast
To move, or be moved, away.
Verb 4 meanings
To move, or be moved, away.
To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
To predict, to decide, to plan.
Noun 4 meanings
An act of throwing.
The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
Adjective 1 meaning
Of an animal, such as a horse or sheep: Lying in a position from which it cannot rise on its own.
Etymology
From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots cast (“to cast, throw”), Danish kaste (“to throw”), Swedish kasta (“to throw, cast, fling, toss, discard”), Icelandic kasta (“to pitch, toss”).
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CAST at a glance
CAST has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (C 3 + A 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,640 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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