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say it: kast
cast is a verb and noun meaning "put or send forth". It carries 20 recorded senses.
“cast a vote”
“cast a ballot”
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”
formulate in a particular style or language
“I wouldn't put it that way”
“She cast her request in very polite language”
the actors in a play
bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
object formed by a mold
the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cast come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.