cast

cast
v
1. throw, toss, dart, shy, chuck, pitch; hurl, dash, sling, let fly, send, launch; fling, flirt, heave, jerk, cant, shoot, catapult.
2. disseminate, scatter, spread, bespread, strew, bestrew, sow, broadcast; distribute, disperse, circulate; sprinkle, spatter, bespatter.
3. emit, send forth, discharge, radiate; eject, throw forth, propel, project, spurt, squirt, jet, ejaculate; throw up, vomit, disgorge; expel, oust, exclude, bar, banish, remove, eliminate, exile.
4. lose, part with, misplace, mislay; shed, drop, doff, throw off, shake off; slough, peel, flake, molt, exuviate.
5. discard, reject, dismiss, set aside, throw out or away, toss out, get rid of, Inf. junk, Inf. trash, Sl. eighty-six.
6. bestow, award, impart, confer, commit; grant, present, give, bequeath; All Theat. select, choose, allot, assign.
7. arrange, shape, mold; plan out, make fit or suitable; form, sculpt, carve, model; work, knead, turn, twist, warp.
8. compute, calculate, reckon; figure; add, total, sum up.
9. forecast, predict, foretell, foresee, conjecture; prophesy, read the signs, interpret omens.
10. cast about search, seek, look for; grope about, ransack.
n
11. throw, toss, Chiefly Brit. chuck, shy, pitch; hurl, sling, fling, flirt, heave, cant, jerk; shooting, launching, catapulting.
12. dissemination, sowing, broadcasting; scattering, spreading, strewing, sprinkling; distribution, dispersal, circulation.
13. emission, discharge, radiation; ejection, propulsion, projection, ejaculation; expulsion, elimination.
14. fortune, lot, portion, fate, destiny, doom, star.
15. arrangement, form, shape; mold, impression, casting; model, replica, reproduction.
16.All Theat. dramatis personae, performers, players, actors, actresses; company, troupe, repertory.
17. appearance, semblance, complexion, guise, aspect; carriage, mien, bearing, air; behavior, demeanor, deportment.
18. look, color, shade, hue, tint, tone; touch, dash, trace, twist, suggestion, suspicion, soupcon, hint; smack, flavor, taste.
19. sort, kind, style, type, stamp; spirit, vein, grain, streak, stripe; quality, nature.
20. tendency, inclination, leaning, propensity, proclivity; proneness, predisposition, bias; bent, direction, set, turn, predilection; disposition, humor, mood, temperament, constitution.
21. computation, reckoning, addition, calculation; sum, total, count.
22. forecast, prediction, prognosis, prophecy, foretelling; conjecture, guess, estimate.

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