Cast Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0

cast adj : (of molten metal or glass) formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n
1. the actors in a play [syn: cast of characters, dramatis personae}]
2. container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens [syn: mold, mould]
3. the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region" [syn: mold, stamp]
4. the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features" [syn: form, shape]
5. bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal [syn: plaster cast, plaster bandage]
6. object formed by a mold [syn: casting]
7. the act of throwing dice [syn: roll]
8. the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel [syn: casting]
9. a violent throw [syn: hurl] v
10. put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: project, contrive, throw]
11. deposit; "cast a vote"; "cast a ballot"
12. select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona"
13. throw forcefully [syn: hurl, hurtle]
14. assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors; "Who cast this beautiful movie?"
15. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam,

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* For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. - Nelson Mandela

* A program is a spell cast over a computer, turning input into error messages. - Anon.

* To be, or not to be that is the question Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them To die to sleep No more and by a sleep to say we end The heartache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to,--'t is a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep To sleep perchance to dream ay, there's the rub For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of Thus conscience does make cowards of us all And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action. - William Shakespeare


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