query | If you c___ your eyes or cast a look in a particular direction, you look quickly in that direction.If you cast your eyes or cast a look in a particular direction, you look quickly in that direction. He cast a stern glance at the two men. I cast my eyes down briefly. The maid, casting black looks, hurried out. |
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word | cast |
full-definition | noun The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it. The show is very amusing and the cast are very good. A cast is a model that has been made by pouring a liquid such as plaster or hot metal onto something or into something, so that when it hardens it has the same shape as that thing. An orthodontist took a cast of the inside of Billy's mouth. A cast is the same as a plaster cast . If someone has a particular cast of mind or cast of thought, they have that kind of character or way of thinking of things. There were some of a more cynical cast of mind, however. Hers was an essentially sunny cast of mind. verb To cast an actor in a play or film means to choose them to act a particular role in it. Casting three actresses in the film to play one role was very challenging. He was cast as a college professor. He had no trouble casting the movie. The film could have done without the casting of the director's daughter in a central role. ...the casting director of Ealing film studios. To cast someone in a particular way or as a particular thing means to describe them in that way or suggest they are that thing. Democrats have been worried about being cast as the party of the poor. Holland would never dare cast himself as a virtuoso pianist. If you cast your eyes or cast a look in a particular direction, you look quickly in that direction. He cast a stern glance at the two men. I cast my eyes down briefly. The maid, casting black looks, hurried out. If something casts a light or shadow somewhere, it causes it to appear there. The moon cast a bright light over the yard. They flew in over the beach, casting a huge shadow. To cast doubt on something means to cause people to be unsure about it. Last night a top criminal psychologist cast doubt on the theory. When you cast your vote in an election, you vote. About ninety-five per cent of those who cast their votes approve the new constitution. Gaviria had been widely expected to obtain well over half the votes cast. To cast something or someone somewhere means to throw them there. He gathered up the twigs and cast them into the fire. John had Maude and her son cast into a dungeon. If someone casts a fishing line or casts, they throw one end of the fishing line into the water. To cast an object means to make it by pouring a liquid such as hot metal into a specially shaped container and leaving it there until it becomes hard. ...sculptures cast in bronze. |
inflections | castscastingcasting |
cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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