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castaway Definition

cast·away (kastə wā′)

noun

  1. a person or thing cast out or off, esp. an outcast
  2. a shipwrecked person

adjective

  1. thrown away; discarded
  2. 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

  • island: The definitive castaway island, complete with coral sand beach and jungle interior, just off the coast of St. Vincent.
  • fantasy: For a romantic Champagne picnic, take a day trip to one and live the castaway fantasy on a pristine, empty beach.

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