transitive verb cast, casting cast′·ing

1. 1. to put, deposit, or throw with force or violence; fling; hurl
   2. to give vent to as if by throwing to cast aspersions
2. to deposit (a ballot); register (a vote)
3. 1. to cause to fall or turn; direct to cast one's eyes or attention on a thing
   2. to give forth; project to cast light, gloom, etc.
4. to throw out or drop (a net, anchor, etc.) at the end of a rope or cable
5. to throw out (a fly, bait, lure, etc.) at the end of a fishing line
6. to draw (lots) or shake (dice) out of a container
7. to bring forth (young), esp. prematurely
8. 1. to throw off or away
   2. to shed; slough the snake casts its skin
9. to add up (accounts, a sum, etc.); calculate by arithmetic
10. to calculate (a horoscope, tides, etc.)
11. to arrange in some form or system; formulate
12. 1. to form (molten metal, plastic, etc.) into a particular shape by pouring or pressing into a mold
    2. to make by such a method
13. 1. to choose and assign actors for (a play, film, etc.)
    2. to select (an actor) for (a role or part)
14. to twist; turn; warp
15. Naut. to direct the bow of (a ship) to port or starboard in getting under way

Etymology: ME casten < ON kasta, to throw

intransitive verb

1. to throw dice
2. to throw out a fly, etc. at the end of a fishing line
3. Brit., Dialectal to vomit
4. to turn; warp
5. to add up figures; calculate
6. to calculate horoscopes, tides, etc.
7. to be formed in a mold
8. Obsolete
   1. to make a forecast; conjecture
   2. to deliberate; plan
9. Hunting to search for game, a trail, or a lost scent
10. Naut.
    1. to cast a ship
    2. to veer

noun

1. the act of casting; a throw; also, a way of casting or distance thrown; specif.,
   1. a throw of dice; also, the number thrown
   2. a stroke of fortune
   3. a turn of the eye; glance; look
   4. a throw of a fishing line, net, etc.
   5. an adding up; calculation
   6. a conjecture; forecast
2. a quantity or thing cast in a certain way; specif.,
   1. something thrown up, off, or out, as bait on a line, a pair of hawks in falconry, the dirt thrown up by worms, the shed skin of an insect, etc.
   2. the amount of metal cast at one time
   3. something formed in or as in a mold, as a bronze or plaster reproduction of a statue modeled in clay; also, the mold
   4. a mold or impression taken of an object or of printing type
   5. a plaster form for immobilizing a broken arm, leg, etc.
   6. the set of actors in a play or movie
3. the form or direction in which a thing is cast; specif.,
   1. an arrangement
   2. an appearance or stamp, as of features
   3. kind; quality of an aristocratic cast
   4. a tinge; shade a reddish cast
   5. a trace or suggestion
   6. a turn or twist to one side; tendency; bent
   7. a slight turning in or out of the eye
4. Hunting a scattering of the hounds to find a lost scent
5. Med. a substance formed and molded in the cavities of some diseased organs renal casts