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To throw out or down. Also: To deposit a ballot or vote. Also: A stiff plaster form.

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Usage examples (42)
  • Everything we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
  • Pottery of this cast was found throughout the region
  • The delicate cast of his features
  • He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona
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  • She "cast" (to look at) her eyes on a man from the highest "caste" (a hereditary group based on rigid distinctions of birth or occupation).
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