castaway
castaway
Definition
cast·away (kas′tə wā′)
noun
- a person or thing cast out or off, esp. an outcast
- a shipwrecked person
adjective
- thrown away; discarded
- cast adrift or stranded, as by shipwreck
castaway
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- examine: When the ship's doctor examines the unconscious castaway, he discovers two bullet... Average rating: Be the first to review it!
- become: They have become castaways, they have become disqualified for service ' .
- rescue: Along the way he rescued a castaway, a Scottish seaman named Alexander Selkirk, who joined his crew.
- find: He uses Paul's expression ' lest I be found a castaway ' ( I Cor. ix.
Preposition: on
- beach: Sisters, Janet and Ursula Widdington discover a castaway on the beach below their house.
Adjective modifier
- fellow: The silence, the virtual absence of many of Tyson's fellow castaways I found suggestive and eloquent.
- unconscious: When the ship's doctor examines the unconscious castaway, he discovers two bullet... Average rating: Be the first to review it!
- other: For today we have Big Brother; gentleman Ben and the other castaways are last-year's loves.
Modifies a noun
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