cast on

1. 1.

   make the first row of stitches when knitting

   Antonymscast off

   Broadersew

   handicraft

Questions about cast on

What does cast on mean?

cast on means "make the first row of stitches when knitting".

What is the opposite of cast on?

The recorded antonyms are cast off.

Is cast on a common word?

cast on is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.