cast

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for cast

cast 🔊 /kæˈst/

cast : වාත්තු කිරීම

cast : වපරය

cast : බැහැර කරනවා

cast : නියම කරනවා

cast : වීසි කරනවා

cast : වාත්තුව

cast : ආකාරය

cast : පිළිරුව

cast : විසි කරනවා

cast : ඉවත ලෑම

cast : අහක දමනවා

cast : ඉවතලනවා

cast : නළු පෙළ

cast : යොමු කරනවා

cast : ඉවත ලනවා

cast : වීසි

cast : ගැඩවිලි පස්

cast : යොමු කිරීම

cast : අස්ත

cast : නළු කැල

cast : වාත්තු කරනවා

cast : ගණන් බැලීම

cast : අච්චුව

cast definition

3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.

Imperative. & Past Participle. of Cast

Transitive verb.

  1. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
  2. To direct or turn, as the eyes.
  3. To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
  4. To throw down, as in wrestling.
  5. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
  6. To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
  7. To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
  8. To throw out or emit; to exhale.
  9. To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
  10. To impose; to bestow; to rest.
  11. To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.
  12. To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.
  13. To contrive; to plan.
  14. To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
  15. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
  16. To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
  17. To stereotype or electrotype.
  18. To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
  2. To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
  3. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
  4. To calculate; to compute.
  5. To receive form or shape in a mold.
  6. To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
  7. To vomit.

Noun.

  1. The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
  2. The thing thrown.
  3. The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
  4. A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
  5. That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.
  6. The act of casting in a mold.
  7. An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
  8. That which is formed in a mild; Especially. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.
  9. Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.
  10. A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
  11. A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.
  12. The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
  13. A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
  14. A stoke, touch, or trick.
  15. A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
  16. A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
  17. Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
  18. Contrivance; plot, design.