Cast

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1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 3 Translations 4 Verb 5 Translations 6 Related Words 7 Verb 8 Translations 9 Verb 10 Translations

Pronunciation

1. a supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.

   the doctor put a cast on the boy's broken arm.

2. the collective group of people performing a play or production together.

   he's in the cast of Oliver.

3. a small mass of earth excreted by a worm.
4. an object made in a mould, or the mould used to make 'cast' objects.

   a plaster cast.

• Dutch: gips n (1), bezetting f (2), rolbezetting (2), afgietsel (4), vorm (4)
• Indonesian: gips (1)
• Japanese: ギブス (gibusu) / ギプス (gipusu) (1), 演奏 (えんそう, ensō) (2)
• Spanish: yeso m (1), reparto m (2), molde m (4)

1. to throw something down forcefully or toss something aside

   to cast away fear

2. she cast the die
3. the act of throwing a fishing line or net into the water.

   the fisherman cast the net into the sea.

4. to assign a role in a play or performance.

   the director cast the part carefully.

5. informatics: to change a variable from for example integer to real, or integer to text.

• Dutch: neergooien (1), afweren (1), werpen (1) (teerling), uitgooien (2), toewijzen (van rol m) (3), omzetten (4)

• Dutch: gooide neer, weerde af, wierp, wees toe, zette om