English-Thai Dictionary

Cast (one's) pearls before swine

IDM เสีย บางสิ่ง ไป อย่าง เปล่าประโยชน์ กับ คนที่ ไม่สมควร  sia-bang-sing-pai-yang-plao-pra-yod-kab-kon-ti-mai-som-kuan

 

cast

N การคำนว ณ  computation calculation kan-kam-nuan

 

cast

N การ ทำนาย  forecast kan-tam-nai

 

cast

N การโยน  การขว้าง  throwing kan-yon

 

cast

N ชนิด  ประเภท  แบบ  kind sort style cha-nid

 

cast

N สิ่ง ที่ ได้ จาก การหลอม  sing-ti-dai-jak-kan-lom

 

cast

N สิ่ง ภายนอก  appearance sing-pai-nok

 

cast

N โชคชะตา  fortune lot chok-cha-ta

 

cast

VT คำนว ณ  calculate compute kam-nuan

 

cast

VT จับฉลาก  draw jab-cha-lak

 

cast

VT ทำนาย  forecast tam-nai

 

cast

VT ทิ้ง  throw away ting

 

cast

VT มอง ตรง ไป ยัง  mong-trong-pai-yang

 

cast

VT หลอม  form lom

 

cast

VT เลือก ตัวละคร  lueak-tua-la-kon

 

cast

VT โยน  ขว้าง  hurl throw yon

 

cast about

PHRV ค้นหา  คิด หา  มองหา  beat about kon-har

 

cast alight

PHRV เป็นที่ยอมรับ  เป็นที่นิยม  set alight pen-ti-yom-rub

 

cast around

PHRV ค้นหา  คิด หา  มองหา  พยายาม หา  beat about kon-har

 

cast aside

PHRV ละทิ้ง  กำจัด  ทิ้ง ไป  เหวี่ยง ทิ้ง  cast away discard la-ting

 

cast aside

PHRV ละทิ้ง  ล้มเลิก  discard reject la-ting

 

cast away

PHRV ละทิ้ง  กำจัด  ทิ้ง ไป  เหวี่ยง ทิ้ง  cast aside discard la-ting

 

cast away

PHRV เลิก ติดต่อ กับ  cast aside loek-tid-tor-kab

 

cast back

PHRV ประพฤติ ตัว เหมือน (ญาติ หรือ บรรพบุรุษ  เหมือนกับ (ญาติ หรือ บรรพบุรุษ  throw back pra-parued-ti-tua-muean

 

cast back

PHRV หันกลับ ไป ยัง  กลับ ไป สู่  throw back han-klab-pai-yang

 

cast before

PHRV เสีย ไป โดย เปล่าประโยชน์  ไม่ มีประโยชน์  ไร้ ความหมาย  sia-pai-doi-plao-pra-yod

 

cast down

PHRV ทำลาย  ทำให้ ย่อยยับ  ทำให้ แพ้  throw down tam-lai

 

cast down

PHRV หมดกำลังใจ  หมด ชีวิตชีวา  ท้อถอย  mod-kam-lang-jai

 

cast down

PHRV เสียใจ กับ  เศร้าใจ กับ  สะเทือนใจ กับ  sia-jai-kab

 

cast in

PHRV มอบ บทบาท  ให้ รับบท  mob-bod-bad

 

cast in

PHRV ใช้ คำพูด แสดง ความหมาย  recast in chai-kam-phud-sa-daeng-kwam-mai

 

cast in someone's face

IDM ตำหนิ  tam-ne

 

cast in someone's teeth

IDM ตำหนิ  tam-ne

 

cast in with

PHRV ตัดสินใจ เข้าร่วม  ร่วม ชะตากรรม  fling in with throw in with tad-sin-jai-khao-ruam

 

cast iron

N เหล็กช นิดหนึ่ง มี คาร์บอน สูง ทำให้ แข็ง แต่ เปราะ ง่าย  lek-cha-nid-nueng-me-ka-bon-sung-tham-hai-kaeng-tae-pro-ngai

 

cast off

PHRV ทิ้ง  ละทิ้ง  เหวี่ยง ทิ้ง  ขว้างทิ้ง  cast aside fling aside fling off lay off leave off shake off throw aside throw off toss aside toss off ting

 

cast off

PHRV ปลด เชือก เรือ  plod-chueak-ruea

 

cast off

PHRV ลอก ออก  ลอกคราบ  shuffle off slough off lok-ook

 

cast off

PHRV เป็นอิสระจาก  เลิก จาก  pen-id-sa-ra-jak

 

cast off

PHRV เลิกคบ กับ  cast aside loek-kob-kab

 

cast off

PHRV ไม่ สวม อีกต่อไป (เสื้อผ้า  ทิ้ง  เอา ไป ทิ้ง  mai-suam-eak-tor-pai

 

cast on

PHRV ทำให้เกิด เงา ทอด ลง บน  cast over throw on throw over tam-hai-koed-ngao-thod-long-bon

 

cast on

PHRV สงสัย ใน เรื่อง  สงสัย เกี่ยวกับ  throw on song-sai-nai-rueang

 

cast one's a shadow on

IDM ตก อยู่ ภายใต้ เงา ของ  ทอดเงา ทับ  cast over throw on throw over tok-yu-pai-tai ngao-kong

 

cast one's bread on the waters

IDM กระทำ สิ่ง ที่ ดี (ซึ่ง จะ ย้อนกลับ มาหา คุณ ใน เวลา ต่อมา  throw in kra-tam-sing-ti-de

 

cast one's eye over

IDM มองผ่านๆ  มอง ลวกๆ  pass over mong-pan-pan

 

cast one's shadow over

IDM ทอดเงา ทับ  บดบัง  cast on throw on throw over thod-ngao-thab

 

cast oneself on someone's mercy

IDM ขอ ความเมตตา  ขอร้อง  fling on throw on kor-kwam-med-ta

 

cast out

PHRV ทำให้ ละทิ้ง สังคม  ทำให้ ออกจาก สังคม  throw out tam-hai-la-ting-sang-kom

 

cast out

PHRV ทิ้ง  ละทิ้ง  เหวี่ยง ทิ้ง  ขว้างทิ้ง  throw away ting

 

cast over

PHRV ทำให้เกิด เงา ทอด ลง บน  cast on throw on throw over tam-hai-koed-ngao-tod-long-bon

 

cast over

PHRV เต็มไปด้วย  ปกคลุม ด้วย  tam-pai-duai

 

cast round

PHRV ค้นหา  คิด หา  มองหา  beat about kon-har

 

cast up

PHRV ขว้าง ขึ้นไป  เหวี่ยง ขึ้นไป  chuck up fling up throw up toss up kwang-kuen-pai

 

cast up

PHRV คำนว ณ  รวม เป็น  รวมตัว เลข  wash up kam-nuan

 

cast up

PHRV ป่วย  อาเจียน  bring up puai

 

cast up

PHRV เตือน ให้ ระลึกถึง (สิ่ง ที่ ไม่น่า นึกถึง  ย้ำ เตือน  fling up sling up throw up tuean-hai-ra-luek-tueng

 

cast upon

PHRV สงสัย ใน เรื่อง  สงสัย เกี่ยวกับ  throw on song-sai-nai-rueang

 

cast-off

ADJ ที่ ไม่ ค่อย ได้ ใช้แล้ว  discarded throwaway ti-mai-koi-dai-chai-laeo

 

castanets

N เครื่อง ให้จังหวะช นิดหนึ่ง เป็น ไม้  2 อัน ประกบ กัน มี รูปร่าง คล้าย เปลือกหอย (ทำให้เกิด เสียง โดย ถือ ไม้ ทั้งสอง อัน ไว้ ใน มือ แล้ว ตี ให้ เกิด เสียง  bones clappers kreang-hai-jang-wa-cha-nid-nueng-pen-mai-2-an-pra-kob-kan-me-rub-rang-khlai-plueak-hoi

 

castaway

N คนที่ เรือ อับปาง  kon-ti-ruea-ab-pang

 

caste

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ ชนชั้น  kiao-kab-chon-chan

 

caste

N ชนชั้น หรือ กลุ่ม ใน สังคม  class rank level social stratum chon-chan-rue-klum-nai-sang-kom

 

caste

N วรรณะ ใน ศาสนา ฮินดู  ชน ชั้นใน ศาสนา ฮินดู  wan-na-nai-sad-sa-na-hin-du

 

castellan

N เจ้าของ ปราสาท 

 

castellany

N ตำแหน่ง ของ เจ้าของ ปราสาท 

 

castellated

ADJ ที่ มี ลักษณะ เหมือน ปราสาท  castled crenelated crenellated ti-mee-lak-sa-na-muean-pra-sad

 

caster

N ล้อ เลื่อนที่ ติด ที่ ฐาน เก้าอี้ หรือ เฟอร์นิเจอร์  castor lor-luean-ti-tid-ti-than-kao-i-rue-for-ne-jor

 

caster sugar

N น้ำตาลทรายขาว  castor sugar nam-tan-sai-khaol

 

castigate

VT ลงโทษ  long-thod

 

castigate

VT วิพากษ์วิจารณ์ อย่างรุนแรง  chasten chastise objurgate wi-pak-wi-jan-yang-run-raeng

 

castilian

N ภาษาถิ่น ของ สเปน 

 

casting

N การคัดเลือก นักแสดง  kan-khad-lueak-nak-sa-daeng

 

casting

N สิ่ง ที่ ได้ จาก การหลอม  molding sing-ti-dai-jak-kan-lom

 

casting vote

N การ ลงคะแนน ตัดสิน โดย ผู้ ที่ มี หน้าที่ รับผิดชอบ การประชุม เนื่องจาก แต่ละ ฝ่าย มี คะแนน เท่ากัน  kan-long-ka-naen-tad-sin-doi-phu-ti-me-na-ti-rab-phid-chob-kan-pra-chum-nueang-jak-tae-la-fai-mee-kha-naen-thao-kan

 

castle

N คฤหาสน์  ka-rue-had

 

castle

N ตัว เรือ ใน เกม หมากรุก  rook tua-ruea-nai-kem-mak-ruk

 

castle

N ปราสาท  พระราชวัง  palace pra-sad

 

castle

N ป้อมปราการ  pom-pra-kan

 

castle

VI เดินหมาก  เดิน ตัว หมากรุก  doen-mak

 

castle in the air

N วิมานในอากาศ  ฝันกลางวัน  castle in Spain daydream wi-man-nai-ar-kad

 

castor

N ล้อ เลื่อนที่ ติด ที่ ฐาน เก้าอี้ หรือ เฟอร์นิเจอร์  caster lor-luean-ti-tid-ti-than-kao-i-rue-for-ne-jor

 

castor oil

N น้ำมัน ที่ ได้ จาก พืชช นิดหนึ่ง  nam-man-ti-dai-jak-phued-cha-nid-nueng

 

castrate

N สัตว์ หรือ คนที่ ถูก ทำหมัน  sad-rue-kon-ti-tuk-tham-man

 

castrate

VT กำจัด  ขจัด  deprive kam-jad

 

castrate

VT ทำหมัน  ตอน  emasculate geld tam-man

 

castration

N การทำหมัน  การตอน  emasculation gelding kan-tam-man

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAST

v.t. pret.And pp. cast. 1. To throw, fling or send; that is, to drive from, by force, as from the hand, or from an engine.
Hagar cast the child under a shrub. Genesis 21:15.
Uzziah prepared slings to cast stones. 2 Chronicles 26:14.
2. To sow; to scatter seed.
If a man should cast seed into the ground. Mark 4:26.
3. To drive or impel by violence.
A mighty west wind cast the locusts into the sea. Exodus 1 :19.
4. To shed or throw off; as, trees cast their fruit; a serpent casts his skin.
5. To throw or let fall; as, to cast anchor. Hence, to east anchor is to moor, as a ship, the effect of casting the anchor.
6. To throw, as dice or lots; as, to cast lots.
7. To throw on the ground, as in wrestling.
8. To throw away, as worthless.
His carcase was cast in the way. 1 Kings 13:24.
9. To emit or throw out.
This casts a sulphurous smell.
1 . To throw, to extend, as a trench or rampart, including the sense of digging, raising, or forming.
Thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee. Luke 19:43.
11. To thrust; as, to cast into prison.
12. To put, or set, in a particular state.
Both chariot and horse were cast into a dead sleep. Psalm 76:6.
13. To condemn; to convict; as a criminal.
Both tried and both were cast.
14. To overcome in a civil suit, or in any contest of strength or skill; as, to cast the defendant or an antagonist.
15. To cashier or discard.
16. To lay aside, as unfit for use; to reject; as a garment.
17. To make to preponderate; to throw into one scale, for the purpose of giving it superior weight; to decide by a vote that gives a superiority in numbers; as, to cast the balance in ones favor; a casting vote or voice.
18. To throw together several particulars, to find the sum; as, to cast accounts. Hence, to throw together circumstances and facts, to find the result; to compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast the event of war.
To cast and see how many things there are which a man cannot do himself.
19. To contrive; to plan.
2 . To judge, or to consider, in order to judge.
21. To fix, or distribute the parts of a play among the actors.
22. To throw, as the sight; to direct, or turn, as the eye; to glance; as, to cast a look, or glance, or the eye.
23. To found; to form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal into a mold; to run; as, to cast cannon.
Thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it. Exodus 25:12.
24. Figuratively, to shape; to form by a model.
25. To communicate; to spread over; as, to cast a luster upon posterity; to cast splendor upon actions, or light upon a subject.
To cast aside, to dismiss or reject as useless or inconvenient.
To cast away, to reject. Leviticus 26:44; Isaiah 5:24; Romans 11:1, 2. Also, to throw away; to lavish or waste by profusion; to turn to no use; as, to cast away life.
Also, to wreck, as a ship.
To cast by, to reject; to dismiss or discard with neglect or hate, or as useless.
To cast down, to throw down; to deject or depress the mind.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul. Psalm 42:5.
To cast forth, to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed place; to emit, or send abroad; to exhale.
To cast off, to discard or reject; to drive away; to put off; to put away; to disburden. Among huntsmen, to leave behind, as dogs; to set loose, or free. Among seamen, to loose, or untie.
To cast out, to send forth; to reject or turn out; to throw out, as words; to speak or give vent to.
To cast up, to compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast up accounts, or the cost. Also, to eject; to vomit.
To cast on, to refer or resign to.
To cast ones self on, to resign or yield ones self to the disposal of, without reserve.
To cast young, to miscarry; to suffer abortion. Genesis 31:38.
To cast in the teeth, to upbraid; to charge; to twit. So in Danish, kaster in I noesen, to cast in the nose.

 

CAST

v.i. 1. To throw forward, as the thoughts, with a view to some determination; or to turn or revolve in the mind; to contrive; sometimes followed by about.
I cast in careful mind to seek her out. Spenser.
To cast about how to perform or obtain. Bacon.
2. To receive form or shape.
Metal will cast and mold.
3. To warp; to twist from regular shape.
Stuff is said to cast or warp, when it alters its flatness or straightness.
Note. Cast, like throw and warp, implies a winding motion.
4. In seamens language, to fall off, or incline, so as to bring the side of a ship to the wind; applied particularly to a ship riding with her head to the wind, when her anchor is first loosened.

 

CAST

n. 1. The act of casting; a throw; the thing thrown; the form or state of throwing; kind or manner of throwing.
2. The distance passed by a thing thrown; or the space through which a thing thrown may ordinarily pass; as, about a stones cast. Luke 22:41.
3. A stroke; a touch.
This was a cast of Woods politics.
4. Motion or turn of the eye; direction, look or glance; a squinting.
Thy let you see by one cast of the eye.
5. A throw of dice; hence, a state of chance or hazard.
It is an even cast, whether the army should march this way or that way.
Hence the phrase, the last cast, is used to denote that all is ventured on one throw, or one effort.
6. Form; shape.
A heroic poem in another cast.
7. A tinge; a slight coloring, or slight degree of a color; as a cast of green. Hence, a slight alteration in external appearance.
The native hue of resolution is sicklied oer with the pale cast of thought. Shak.
8. Manner; air; mien; as, a peculiar cast of countenance. This sense implies, the turn or manner of throwing; as, the neat cast f verse.
9. A flight; a number of hawks let go at once.
1 . A small statue of bronze.
11. Among founders, a tube of wax, fitted into a mold, to give shape to metal.
12. A cylindrical piece of brass or copper, slit in two lengthwise, to form a canal or conduit, in a mold, for conveying metal.
13. Among plumbers, a little brazen funnel, at one end of a mold, for casting pipes without sodering, by means of which the melted metal is poured into the mold.
14. A breed, race, lineage, kind, sort.
15. In Hindoostan, a tribe or class of the same rank or profession; as the cast of Bramins, or priests; of rajahs, or princes; of choutres, or artificers; and of parias, or poor people. Or according to some writers, of Bramins; of cuttery, or soldiers; of shuddery, or merchants; and of wyse, or mechanics.
The four casts of the Hindoos are the Brahmins or sacred order; the Chechteres or soldiers and rulers; the Bice, Vaissya, or husbandmen and merchants; and the Sooders, Sudras, or laborers and mechanics.
16. A trick.

 

CASTALIAN

a.Pertaining to Castalia, a cool spring on Parnassus, sacred to the muses; as Castalian fount.

 

CASTANET

n.An instrument of music formed of small concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, placed together, fastened to the thumb and beat with the middle finger. This instrument is used by the Spaniards, Moors and Bohemians, as an accompaniment to their dances, sarabands and guitars.

 

CASTAWAY

n.That which is thrown away. A person abandoned by God, as unworthy of his favor; a reprobate. 1 Corinthians 9:27.

 

CASTAWAY

a.Rejected; useless; of no value.

 

CASTED

pp. For cast, is not in use.

 

CASTELLAN

n.A governor or constable of a castle. In Poland, the name of a dignity or charge; a kind of lieutenant of a province, commanding part of a palatinate under a palatine. The castellans are senators, of the lower class, sitting, in the diets, on low seats behind the palatines.

 

CASTELLANY

n.[See Castle. ] The lordship belonging to a castle; or the extent, of its land and jurisdiction.

 

CASTELLATED

a. 1. Inclosed in a building, as a fountain or cistern.
2. Adorned with turrets, and battlements, like a castle.

 

CASTELLATION

n.The act of fortifying a house and rendering it a castle.

 

CASTER

n. 1. One who throws or casts; one who computes; a calculator; one who calculates fortunes.
2. A small phial or vessel for the table; as a set of casters.
3. A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is cast, or rolled, on the floor.

 

CASTIGATE

v.t.To chastise; to punish by stripes; to correct; to chasten; to check.

 

CASTIGATED

pp. Punished; corrected.

 

CASTIGATING

ppr. Punishing; correcting; chastising.

 

CASTIGATION

n. 1. Punishment; correction; penance; discipline; emendation; restraint.
2. Among the Romans, a military punishment inflicted on offenders, by beating with a wand or switch.

 

CASTIGATOR

n.One who corrects.

 

CASTIGATORY

a.Tending to correction; corrective; punitive.

 

CASTIGATORY

n.An engine formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds, called also a ducking stool, or trebucket.

 

CASTILE-SOAP

n.A kind of pure, refined soap.

 

CASTILIAN

a.Pertaining to Castile in Spain.

 

CASTILIAN

n.An inhabitant or native of Castile in Spain.

 

CASTING

ppr. Throwing; sending; computing; calculating; turning; giving a preponderancy; deciding; running, or throwing into a mold to give shape. [See Cast. ]

 

CASTING

n. 1. The act of casting or founding.
2. That which is cast in a mold; any vessel formed by casting melted metal into a mold, or in sand.
3. The taking of casts and impressions of figures, busts, medals, etc.

 

CASTING-NET

n.A net which is cast and drawn, in distinction from a net that is set and left.

 

CASTING-VOTE, CASTING-VOICE

n.The vote of a presiding officer, in an assembly or council, which decides a question, when the votes of the assembly or house are equally divided between the affirmative and negative. When there was an equal vote, the Governor had the casting voice.

 

CASTLE

n. 1. A house fortified for defense against an enemy; a fortress. The term seems to include the house and the walls or other works around it. In old writers, the word is used for a town or village fortified.
2. The house or mansion of a nobleman or prince.
3. In a ship, there are two parts called by this name; the forecastle, a short deck in the fore part of the ship, above the upper deck; and the hindcastle, at the stern.
Castle in the air, a visionary project; a scheme that has no solid foundation.

 

CASTLE

v.t.In the game of chess, to cover the king with a castle, by a certain move.

 

CASTLE-BUILDER

n.One who forms visionary schemes.

 

CASTLE-BUILDER

n.The act of building castles in the air.

 

CASTLE-CROWNED

a.Crowned with a castle.

 

CASTLED

a.Furnished with castles; as a castled elephant.

 

CASTLE-GUARD

n.A feudal tenure, or knight service, which obliged the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time.

 

CASTLERY

n.The government of a castle.

 

CASTLET

n.A small castle.

 

CASTLE-WARD

n.An imposition laid upon subjects dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in the castle.

 

CASTLING

n.An abortion or abortive.

 

CASTOR

n. 1. A beaver, an amphibious quadruped, with a flat ovate tail, short ears, a blunt nose, small fore feet, and large hind feet.
2. A reddish brown substance of a strong penetrating smell, taken from bags or cods in the groin of the beaver; a powerful antispasmodic.
3. In astronomy, a moiety of the constellation Gemini, called also Apollo.
Castor and Pollux, in meterology, a fiery meteor, which, at sea, appears sometimes adhering to a part of a ship, in the form of one, two and even three or four balls. When one is seen alone, it is called Helena, which portends that the severest part of the storm is yet to come. Two appearing at once are denominated Castor and Pollux, or Tyndaridoe, and portend a cessation of the storm.

 

CASTORIN, CASTORINE

n.An animal principle discovered in castor, and prepared by boiling castor in six times its weight of alcohol, and filtering the liquor. From this is deposited the Castorin.

 

CASTOR-OIL

n.The oil of the Ricinus, or Palma Christi, a plant of the West Indies, which grows to the highth of twenty feet, in one season. The oil is obtained from the nuts or seeds by expression or decoction. That obtained by decoction is preferred, as less liable to become rancid, being free from the mucilage and acrid matter, which is mixed with the oil when expressed. It is a mild cathartic.

 

CASTRAMETATION

n.The art or act of encamping; the marking or laying out of a camp.

 

CASTRATE

v.t. 1. To geld; to deprive of the testicles; to emasculate.
2. To take away or retrench, as the obscene parts of a writing.
3. To take out a leaf or sheet from a book, and render it imperfect.

 

CASTRATED

pp. Gelded; emasculated; purified from obscene expressions.

 

CASTRATING

ppr. Gelding; taking away the obscene parts of a writing.

 

CASTRATION

n.The act of gelding; the act or practice of making eunuchs; the act of taking away the obscene parts of a writing; the act of taking out a leaf or sheet of a book. In botany, the cutting off of the anthers, or tops of the stamens of flowers, before the ripening of the pollen.

 

CASTRATO

n.A male person emasculated for the purpose of improving his voice for a singer.

 

CASTREL, KESTREL

n.A kind of hawk, resembling the lanner in shape and the hobby in size.

 

CASTRENSIAN

a.Belonging to a camp.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CAST

Cast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cast; p. pr. & vb. n. Casting. ] Etym: [Cf. Dan. kastw, Icel. & Sw. kasta; perh. akin to L. gerer to bear, carry. E. Jest. ]

 

1. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel. Uzziash prepared. .. slings to cast stones. 2 Chron. xxvi. 14 Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. Acts. xii. 8 We must be cast upon a certain island. Acts. xxvii. 26.

 

2. To direct or turn, as the eyes. How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me! Shak.

 

3. To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.

 

4. To throw down, as in wrestling. Shak.

 

5. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart. Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank ] about thee. Luke xix. 48.

 

6. To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose. His filth within being cast. Shak. Neither shall your vine cast her fruit. Mal. iii. 11 The creatures that cast the skin are the snake, the viper, etc. Bacon.

 

7. To bring forth prematurely; to slink. Thy she-goats have not cast their young. Gen. xxi. 38.

 

8. To throw out or emit; to exhale. [Obs. ] This. .. casts a sulphureous smell. Woodward.

 

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.

 

1 . To impose; to bestow; to rest. The government I cast upon my brother. Shak. Cast thy burden upon the Lord. Ps. iv. 22.

 

11. To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. [Obs. ] The state can not with safety casthim.

 

12. To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope. "Let it be cast and paid. " Shak. You cast the event of war my noble lord. Shak.

 

13. To contrive; to plan. [Archaic ] The cloister. .. had, I doubt not, been cast for [an orange- house ]. Sir W. Temple.

 

14. To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages. She was cast to be hanged. Jeffrey. Were the case referred to any competent judge, they would inevitably be cast. Dr. H. More.

 

15. To turn (the balance or scale ); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice. How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious! South.

 

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. (Print. )

 

Defn: 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. Our parts in the other world will be new cast. Addison. To cast anchor (Naut. ) Se under Anchor. -- To cast a horoscope, to calculate it. -- To cast a horse, sheep, or other animal, to throw with the feet upwards, in such a manner as to prevent its rising again. -- To cast a shoe, to throw off or lose a shoe, said of a horse or ox. -- To cast aside, to throw or push aside; to neglect; to reject as useless or inconvenient. -- To cast away. (a ) To throw away; to lavish; to waste. "Cast away a life " Addison. (b ) To reject; to let perish. "Cast away his people. " Rom. xi. 1. "Cast one away. " Shak. (c ) To wreck. "Cast away and sunk. " Shak. -- To cast by, to reject; to dismiss or discard; to throw away. -- To cast down, to throw down; to destroy; to deject or depress, as the mind. "Why art thou cast down. O my soul " Ps. xiii. 5. -- To cast forth, to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed place; to emit; to send out. -- To cast in one's lot with, to share the fortunes of. -- To cast in one's teeth, to upbraid or abuse one for; to twin. -- To cast lots. See under Lot. -- To cast off. (a ) To discard or reject; to drive away; to put off; to free one's self from. (b ) (Hunting ) To leave behind, as dogs; also, to set loose, or free, as dogs. Crabb. (c ) (Naut. ) To untie, throw off, or let go, as a rope. -- To cast off copy, (Print. ), to estimate how much printed matter a given amount of copy will make, or how large the page must be in order that the copy may make a given number of pages. -- To cast one's self on or upon to yield or submit one's self unreservedly to. as to the mercy of another. -- To cast out, to throy out; to eject, as from a house; to cast forth; to expel; to utter. -- To cast the lead (Naut. ), to sound by dropping the lead to the botton. -- To cast the water (Med. ), to examine the urine for signs of disease. [Obs. ]. -- To cast up. (a ) To throw up; to raise. (b ) To compute; to reckon, as the cost. (c ) To vomit. (d ) To twit with; to throw in one's teeth.

 

CAST

CAST Cast, v. i.

 

1. To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.

 

2. (Naut. )

 

Defn: To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh. Weigh anchor, cast to starboard. Totten.

 

3. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons. She. .. cast in her mind what manner of salution this should be. Luke. i. 29.

 

4. To calculate; to compute. [R.] Who would cast and balance at a desk. Tennyson.

 

5. To receive form or shape in a mold. It will not run thin, so as to cast and mold. Woodward.

 

6. To warp; to become twisted out of shape. Stuff is said to cast or warp when. .. it alters its flatness or straightness. Moxon.

 

7. To vomit. These verses... make me ready to cast. B. Jonson.

 

CAST

CAST Cast,

 

Defn: 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

CAST

Cast, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel., Dan. , & Sw. kast.]

 

1. The act of casting or throwing; a throw.

 

2. The thing thrown. A cast of dreadful dust. Dryden.

 

3. The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown. "About a stone's cast. " Luke xxii. 41.

 

4. A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture. An even cast whether the army should march this way or that way. Sowth. I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die. Shak.

 

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. And why such daily cast of brazen cannon. Shak.

 

7. An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.

 

8. That which is formed in a mild; esp. 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 pecullar cast of countenance. "A neat cast of verse. " Pope. An heroic poem, but in another cast and figure. Prior. And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought. Shak.

 

1 . A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade. Gray with a cast of green. Woodward.

 

11. A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift. [Scotch ] We bargained with the driver to give us a cast to the next stage. Smollett.If we had the cast o' a cart to bring it. Sir W. Scott.

 

12. The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.

 

13. (Falconary )

 

Defn: A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand. Grabb. As when a cast of falcons make their flight. Spenser.

 

14. A stoke, touch, or trick. [Obs. ] This was a cast of Wood's politics; for his information was wholly false. Swift.

 

15. A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint. The cast of the eye is a gesture of aversion. Bacon. And let you see with one cast of an eye. Addison. This freakish, elvish cast came into the child's eye. Hawthorne.

 

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. [Obs. ] Chaucer. A cast of the eye, a slight squint or strabismus. -- Renal cast (Med. ), microscopic bodies found in the urine of persons affected with disease of the kidneys; -- so called because they are formed of matter deposited in, and preserving the outline of, the renal tubes. -- The last cast, the last throw of the dice or last effort, on which every thing is ventured; the last chance.

 

CASTALIAN

Cas *ta "li *an, a. Etym: [L. Castalius ]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses. Milton.

 

CASTANEA

Cas *ta "ne *a, n. Etym: [L., a chestnut, fr. Gr. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin.

 

CASTANET

CASTANET Cas "ta *net, n.

 

Defn: See Castanets.

 

CASTANETS

Cas "ta *nets, n. pl. Etym: [F. castagnettes, Sp. castañetas, fr. L.castanea (Sp. castaña ) a chestnut. So named from the resemblance to two chestnuts, or because chestnuts were first used for castanets. See Chestnut. ]

 

Defn: Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars.

 

Note: The singular, castanet, is used of one of the pair, or, sometimes, of the pair forming the instrument. The dancer, holding a castanet in each hand, rattles then to the motion of his feet. Moore (Encyc. of Music ).

 

CASTAWAY

CASTAWAY Cast "a *way, n.

 

1. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.

 

2. One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate. Lest. .. when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 Cor. ix. 27.

 

CASTAWAY

CASTAWAY Cast "a *way, a.

 

Defn: Of no value; rejected; useless.

 

CASTE

Caste, n. Etym: [Pg. casta race, lineage, fr. L. castus pure, chaste: cf. F. caste, of same origin. ]

 

1. One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.

 

Note: The members of the same caste are theoretically of equal rank, and same profession or occupation, and may not eat or intermarry with those not of their own caste. The original are four, viz. , the Brahmans, or sacerdotal order; the Kshatriyas, or soldiers and rulers; the Vaisyas, or husbandmen and merchants; and the Sudras, or laborers and mechanics. Men of no caste are Pariahs, outcasts. Numerous mixed classes, or castes, have sprung up in the progress of time.

 

2. A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves. The tinkers then formed an hereditary caste. Macaulay. To lose caste, to be degraded from the caste to which one has belonged; to lose social position or consideration.

 

CASTELLAN

Cas "tel *lan, n. Etym: [OF. castelain, F. châtelain, L. castellanus pertaining to a castle, an occupant of a caste, LL. , a governor of a castle, fr. L. catellum castle, citadel, dim. of castrum fortifled place. See Castle, and cf. Chatelaine. ]

 

Defn: A goveror or warden of a castle.

 

CASTELLANY

Cas "tel *la *ny, n.; pl. Castellanies. Etym: [LL. castellania.]

 

Defn: The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.

 

CASTELLATED

Cas "tel *la `ted, a. Etym: [LL. castellatus, fr. castellare. See Castle. ]

 

1. Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern castellated. [Obs. ] Johnson.

 

2. Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle.

 

CASTELLATION

Cas `tel *la "tion, n. Etym: [LL. castellation, fr. castellare, fr. L.castellum. See Castle. ]

 

Defn: The act of making into a castle.

 

CASTER

CASTER Cast "er, n.

 

1. One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts.

 

2. A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters.

 

3. A stand to hold a set of cruets.

 

4. A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved.

 

CASTIGATE

Cas "ti *gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castigated; p. pr. & vb. n.Castigating. ] Etym: [L. castigatus, p. p. of castigare to correct, punish; castus pure, chaste + agere to move, drive. See Caste, and cf. Chasten. ]

 

1. To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.

 

2. To emend; to correct. [Obs. ]

 

CASTIGATION

Cas `ti *ga "tion, n. Etym: [L. catigatio.]

 

1. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism. The keenest castigation of her slanderers. W. Irving.

 

2. Emendation; correction. [Obs. ]

 

CASTIGATOR

Cas `ti *ga "tor, n. Etym: [L.]

 

Defn: One who castigates or corrects.

 

CASTIGATORY

Cas `ti *ga *to *ry, a. Etym: [L. castigatorius.]

 

Defn: Punitive in order to amendment; corrective.

 

CASTIGATORY

CASTIGATORY Cas "ti *ga *to *ry, n.

 

Defn: An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket. Blacktone.

 

CASTILE SOAP

Cas "tile soap ". Etym: [From Castile, or Castilia, a province in Spain, from which it originally came. ]

 

Defn: A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap.

 

CASTILIAN

Cas *til "ian, n. Etym: [Sp. castellano, from Castila, NL. Castilia,Castella. Castile, which received its name from the castles erected on the frontiers as a barrier against the Moors.]

 

1. An inhabitant or native of Castile, in Spain.

 

2. The Spanish language as spoken in Castile.

 

CASTILLAN

CASTILLAN Cas *til "lan, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to Castile, in Spain.

 

CASTING

CASTING Cast "ing, n.

 

1. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.

 

2. The act or process of making cast or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold.

 

3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.

 

4. The warping of a board. Brande & C.

 

5. The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc. Casting of draperies, the proper distribution of the folds of garments, in painting and sculpture. -- Casting line (Fishing ), the leader; also, sometimes applied to the long reel line. Casting net, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction from a net that is set and left. -- Casting voice, Casting vote, the decisive vote of a presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house are equally divided. "When there was an equal vote, the governor had the casting voice. " B. Trumbull. -- Casting weight, a weight that turns a balance when exactly poised.

 

CAST IRON

CAST IRON Cast " i `ron.

 

Defn: Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blast furnace; -- used for making castings, and for conversion into wrought iron and steel. It can not be welded or forged, is brittle, and sometimes very hard. Besides carbon, it contains sulphur, phosphorus, silica, etc.

 

CAST-IRON

CAST-IRON Cast "-i `ron, a.

 

Defn: Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig. : like cast iron; hardy; unyielding.

 

CASTLE

Cas "tle, n. Etym: [AS. castel, fr. L. castellum, dim. of castrum a fortified place, castle. ]

 

1. A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress. The house of every one is to him castle and fortress, as well for his defense againts injury and violence, as for his repose. Coke. Our castle's strength Will laugh a siege to scorn. Shak.

 

Note: Originally the mediæval castle was a single strong tower or keep, with a palisaded inclosure around it and inferior buidings, such as stables and the like, and surrounded by a moat; then such a keep or donjon, with courtyards or baileys and accessory buildings of greater elaboration a great hall and a chapel, all surrounded by defensive walls and a moat, with a drawbridge, etc. Afterwards the name was retained by large dwellings that had formerly been fortresses, or by those which replaced ancient fortresses. A Donjon or Keep, an irregular building containing the dwelling of the lord and his family; B C Large round towers ferming part of the donjon and of the exterior; D Square tower, separating the two inner courts and forming part of the donjon; E Chapel, whose apse forms a half-round tower, F, on the exterior walls; G H Round towers on the exterior walls; K Postern gate, reached from outside by a removable fight of steps or inclined plane for hoisting in stores, and leading to a court, L (see small digagram ) whose pavement is on a level with the sill of the postern, but below the level of the larger court, with which it communicates by a separately fortified gateway; M Turret, containing spiral stairway to all the stories of the great tower, B, and serving also as a station for signal fire, banner, etc. ; N Turret with stairway for tower, C; O Echauguettes; P P P Battlemants consisting of merlons and crenels alternately, the merlons being pierced by loopholes; Q Q Machicolations (those at Q defend the postern K ); R Outwork defending the approach, which is a road ascending the hill and passing under all four faces of the castle; S S Wall of the outer bailey. The road of approach enters the bailey at T and passes thence into the castle by the main entrance gateway (which is in the wall between, and defended by the towers, C H ) and over two drawbridges and through fortified passages to the inner court.

 

2. Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.

 

3. A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.

 

4. A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook. Castle in the air, a visionary project; a baseless scheme; an air castle; -- sometimes called a castle in Spain (F. Château en Espagne ).

 

Syn. -- Fortress; fortification; citadel; stronghold. See Fortress.

 

CASTLE

Cas "tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Castled (. p. pr. & vb. n. Castling. ](Chess )

 

Defn: To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.

 

CASTLEBUILDER

CASTLEBUILDER Cas "tle *build `er, n.

 

Defn: Fig. : one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary schemes. -- Cas "tle *build `ing, n.

 

CASTLED

CASTLED Cas "tled, a.

 

Defn: Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castled height or crag.

 

2. Fortified; turreted; as, castled walls.

 

CASTLE-GUARD

CASTLE-GUARD Cas "tle-guard `, n.

 

1. The guard or defense of a castle.

 

2. (O. Eng. Law )

 

Defn: A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward.

 

3. A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time.

 

CASTLERY

Cas "tle *ry, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. castelerie. See Castle. ]

 

Defn: The government of a castle. Blount.

 

CASTLET

CASTLET Cas "tlet, n.

 

Defn: A small castle. Leland.

 

CASTLEWARD

CASTLEWARD Cas "tle *ward `, n.

 

Defn: Same as Castleguard.

 

CASTLING

CASTLING Cast "ling, n.

 

Defn: That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. Sir T. Browne.

 

CASTLING

CASTLING Cas "tling, n. (Chess )

 

Defn: A compound move of the king and castle. See Castle, v. i.

 

CAST-OFF

CAST-OFF Cast "-off `, a.

 

Defn: Cast or laid aside; as, cast-off clothes.

 

CASTOR

Cas "tor, n. Etym: [L. castor the beaver, Gr.

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver.

 

2. Castoreum. See Castoreum.

 

3. A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver. I have always been known for the jaunty manner in which I wear my castor. Sir W. Scott.

 

4. A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.

 

CASTOR

CASTOR Cast "or, n.

 

Defn: See Caster, a small wheel.

 

CASTOR

Cas "tor, n. Etym: [L.] (Astron.)

 

Defn: the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux.

 

CASTOR; CASTORITE

Cas "tor, Cas "tor *ite, n. Etym: [The minerals castor and pollux were so named because found together on the island of Elba. See Castor and Pollux. ] (Min. )

 

Defn: A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba.

 

CASTOR AND POLLUX

Cas "tor and Pol "lux. Etym: [Castor and Pollux were twin sons of Jupiter and Leda. ] (Naut. )

 

Defn: See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint.

 

CASTOR BEAN

CASTOR BEAN Cas "tor bean ". (Bot. )

 

Defn: The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.)

 

CASTOREUM

Cas *to "re *um, n. Etym: [L. See Castor. ]

 

Defn: A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.

 

CASTORIN

Cas "to *rin, n. Etym: [From 1st Castor. ] (Chem. )

 

Defn: A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.

 

CASTOR OIL

CASTOR OIL Cas "tor oil.

 

Defn: A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorus and insipid. Castor-oil plant. Same as Palma Christi.

 

CASTRAMETATION

Cas `tra *me *ta "tion, n. Etym: [F. castramétation, fr. L. castra camp +metari to measure off, fr. meta limit. ] (Mil. )

 

Defn: The art or act of encamping; the making or laying out of a camp.

 

CASTRATE

Cas "trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. & vb. n.Castrating. ] Etym: [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. çastra knife. ]

 

1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.

 

2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate. My. .. correspondent. .. has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places. Spectator.

 

CASTRATION

Cas *tra "tion, n. Etym: [L. castratio; cf. F. castration. ]

 

Defn: The act of castrating.

 

CASTRATO

Cas *tra "to, n. Etym: [L., properly p. p. of castrare. See Castrate. ]

 

Defn: A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano. Swift.

 

CASTREL

Cas "trel, n. Etym: [Cf. F. crécerelle, cristel, OF. crecel, cercele.Cf. Kestrel. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: See Kestrel.

 

CASTRENSIAL

Cas *tren "sial, a. Etym: [L. castrensis, fr. castra camp. ]

 

Defn: Belonging to a camp. Sir T. Browne.

 

CASTRENSIAN

CASTRENSIAN Cas *tren "sian, a.

 

Defn: Castrensial. [R.]

 

CAST STEEL

CAST STEEL Cast " steel ".

 

Defn: See Cast steel, under Steel.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

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cast 1 |kast kæst | ▶verb ( past and past participle cast |kast | ) 1 [ with obj. ] throw (something ) forcefully in a specified direction: lemmings cast themselves off the cliff | figurative : individuals who do not accept the norms are cast out from the group. • throw (something ) so as to cause it to spread over an area: the fishermen cast a large net around a school of tuna | figurative : he cast his net far and wide in search of evidence. • direct (one's eyes or a look ) at something: she cast down her eyes | [ with two objs. ] : she cast him a desperate glance. • throw the hooked and baited end of (a fishing line ) out into the water. • register (a vote ): residents turned out in record numbers to cast their votes. • Hunting let loose (hounds ) on a scent. • [ no obj. ] Hunting (of a dog ) search in different directions for a lost scent: the dog cast furiously for the vanished rabbit. • let down (an anchor or sounding line ). 2 [ with obj. ] cause (light or shadow ) to appear on a surface: the moon cast a pale light over the cottages | figurative : running costs were already casting a shadow over the program. • cause (uncertainty or disparagement ) to be associated with something: journalists cast doubt on the government's version of events | I do not wish to cast aspersions on your honesty. • cause (a magic spell ) to take effect: the witch cast a spell on her to turn her into a beast | figurative : the city casts a spell on the visitor. 3 [ with obj. ] discard: the issue was cast from the list of concerns. • shed (skin or horns ) in the process of growth: the antlers are cast each year. • (of a horse ) lose (a shoe ). 4 [ with obj. ] shape (metal or other material ) by pouring it into a mold while molten. • make (a molded object ) in this way: a bell was cast for the church. • arrange and present in a specified form or style: he issued statements cast in tones of reason. • calculate and record details of (a horoscope ). 5 [ no obj. ] (in country dancing ) change one's position by moving a certain number of places in a certain direction along the outside of the line in which one is dancing. ▶noun 1 an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mold: bronze casts of the sculpture. • (also plaster cast ) a mold used to make such an object. • (also plaster cast ) a bandage stiffened with plaster of Paris, molded to the shape of a limb that is broken, and used to support and protect it. 2 an act of throwing something forcefully: he grabbed a spear for a third cast. • archaic at dice, a throw or a number thrown. • Fishing a throw of a fishing line. 3 [ with adj. ] the form or appearance of something, esp. someone's features or complexion: she had a somewhat masculine cast of countenance | the colors he wore emphasized the olive cast of his skin. • the character of something: this question is for minds of a more philosophical cast than mine. 4 a slight squint: he had a cast in one eye. 5 a convoluted mass of earth or sand ejected onto the surface by a burrowing worm. • a pellet regurgitated by a hawk or owl. 6 a search made by a hound or pack of hounds over a wide area to find a trail. PHRASES be cast in a —— mold (of a person ) be of the type specified: he was cast in a cautious mold. cast adrift see adrift. cast one's bread upon the waters see bread. cast one's eyes over have a quick appraising look at: he was invited to cast his eyes over the exhibition. cast light on see light 1. cast lots see lot. cast one's mind back think back to a particular event or time: he cast his mind back to the fatal evening. PHRASAL VERBS cast about (or around ) search far and wide (physically or mentally ): he is restlessly casting about for novelties. [from a hunting term meaning ‘(of a hound ) go in all directions looking for game or a lost scent. ’]cast aside discard or reject: they cast aside the principles of their youth. be cast away be stranded after a shipwreck. be cast down feel depressed: she was greatly cast down by abusive criticism of her novels. cast off (or cast something off ) 1 Knitting take the stitches off the needle by looping each over the next to finish the edge. 2 set a boat or ship free from its moorings: the boatmen cast off and rowed downriver | Jack cast off our moorings. • (cast off ) (of a boat or ship ) be set free from its moorings: the ferry cast off and made a beeline for the pier. 3 let loose a hunting hound or hawk. 4 Printing estimate the space that will be taken in print by manuscript copy. cast someone off exclude someone from a relationship. cast on (or cast something on ) Knitting make the first row of a specified number of loops on the needle: cast on and knit a few rows of stockinette stitch. cast something up 1 (of the sea ) deposit something on the shore. 2 dated add up figures. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse kasta ‘to cast or throw. ’

 

cast

cast 2 |kæst kast | ▶noun the actors taking part in a play, movie, or other production: he draws sensitive performances from his inexperienced cast. ▶verb ( past and past participle cast ) [ with obj. ] assign a part in a play, movie, or other production to (an actor ): he was cast as the Spanish dancer | figurative : a campaign for good nutrition, in which red meat is cast as the enemy. • allocate parts in (a play, movie, or other production ): assembling a great baseball team is as tricky as casting a play. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: a special use of cast 1 .

 

Castalia

Castalia |kaˈsteɪlɪə | a spring on Mount Parnassus, sacred in antiquity to Apollo and the Muses. DERIVATIVES Castalian adjective

 

castanets

cas ta nets |ˌkastəˈnets ˈˌkæstəˈˌnɛts | ▶plural noun small concave pieces of wood, ivory, or plastic, joined in pairs by a cord and clicked together by the fingers as a rhythmic accompaniment to Spanish dancing. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Spanish castañeta, diminutive of castaña, from Latin castanea ‘chestnut. ’

 

castaway

cast a way |ˈkastəˌwā ˈkæstəˌweɪ | ▶noun a person who has been shipwrecked and stranded in an isolated place.

 

caste

caste |kast kæst | ▶noun each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status: members of the lower castes | a man of high caste. • the system of dividing society into such classes. • any class or group of people who inherit exclusive privileges or are perceived as socially distinct: those educated in private schools belong to a privileged caste. • Entomology (in some social insects ) a physically distinct individual with a particular function in the society. There are four basic classes, or varnas, in Hindu society: Brahman (priest ), Kshatriya (warrior ), Vaishya (merchant or farmer ), and Shudra (laborer ). ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the general sense ‘race, breed ’): from Spanish and Portuguese casta ‘lineage, race, breed, ’ feminine of casto ‘pure, unmixed, ’ from Latin castus ‘chaste. ’

 

caste Hindu

caste Hin du ▶noun a Hindu who belongs to one of the four main castes.

 

casteism

caste ism |ˈkastˌizəm ˈkæstˌɪzəm | ▶noun 1 adherence to a caste system. 2 prejudice or antagonism directed against someone of a different caste. DERIVATIVES caste ist adjective

 

Castel Gandolfo

Cas tel Gan dol fo |ˈkäsˌtel gänˈdôlfō, -ˈdälfō ˌkæstəl ɡɑnˈdɔlfoʊ | the summer residence of the pope, located on the edge of Lake Albano near Rome.

 

castellan

cas tel lan |ˈkastələn ˈkæstələn | ▶noun historical the governor of a castle. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old Northern French castelain, from medieval Latin castellanus, from Latin castellum (see castle ).

 

castellated

cas tel lat ed |ˈkastəˌlātid ˈkæs (t )əˌleɪdɪd | ▶adjective having battlements: a castellated tower. • (of a nut or other mechanical part ) having grooves or slots on its upper face. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from medieval Latin castellatus, from Latin castellum (see castle ).

 

castellations

cas tel la tions |ˌkastəˈlāSHənz ˌkæs (t )əˈleɪʃənz | ▶plural noun defensive or decorative parapets with regularly spaced notches; battlements. • ( castellation ) the use or building of such parapets. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: based on medieval Latin castellare ‘to build castles, ’ from castellum (see castle ).

 

caste mark

caste mark ▶noun a symbol on the forehead denoting membership of a particular Hindu caste.

 

caster

cast er |ˈkastər ˈkæstər | ▶noun 1 a person who casts something or a machine for casting something. 2 Fishing a fly pupa used as bait. 3 each of a set of small wheels, free to swivel in any direction, fixed to the legs or base of a heavy piece of furniture so that it can be moved easily. • the angular inclination of a steering pivot or kingpin, esp. that of the front wheel of a vehicle. 4 a small container with holes in the top, esp. one used for sprinkling sugar or pepper.

 

caster sugar

caster sugar (also castor sugar ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. finely granulated white or pale golden sugar. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: so named because it was suitable for use in a castor (see castor 1 ( sense 2 )).

 

castigate

cas ti gate |ˈkastəˌgāt ˈkæstəˌɡeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] formal reprimand (someone ) severely: he was castigated for not setting a good example. DERIVATIVES cas ti ga tion |ˌkastəˈgāSHən |noun, cas ti ga tor |-ˌgātər |noun, cas ti ga to ry |-gəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin castigare ‘reprove, ’ from castus ‘pure, chaste. ’

 

Castile

Cas tile |kaˈstēl kæˈstil | a region in central Spain, on the central plateau of the Iberian peninsula, formerly an independent Spanish kingdom. ORIGIN from French Castille, from Spanish Castilla .

 

Castile soap

Cas tile soap ▶noun fine, hard white or mottled soap made with olive oil and sodium hydroxide. ORIGIN late Middle English: named after Castile in Spain, where it was originally made.

 

Castilian

Cas til ian |kəˈstilyən kæˈstɪliən | ▶noun 1 a native of Castile. 2 the dialect of Spanish spoken in Castile, which is standard Spanish. ▶adjective of or relating to Castile, Castilians, or the Castilian form of Spanish.

 

Castilla-La Mancha

Cas til la-La Man cha |käˌstē (l )yä lä ˈmänCHə kɑˌsti (l )jə lɑ ˌmɑntʃə | an autonomous region in central Spain; capital, Toledo.

 

Castilla-León

Cas til la-Le ón |käˌstē (l )yä lāˈōn kɑˌstijə leɪˈoʊn | an autonomous region in northern Spain; capital, Valladolid.

 

casting

cast ing |ˈkastiNG ˈkæstɪŋ | ▶noun an object made by pouring molten metal or other material into a mold.

 

casting couch

cast ing couch |ˈkæstɪŋ kaʊtʃ | ▶noun informal used in reference to the supposed practice whereby actors or actresses are awarded parts in movies, plays, or other productions in return for granting sexual favors to the casting director: she was no stranger to the casting couch.

 

casting director

cast ing di rec tor ▶noun the person responsible for assigning roles in a movie, play, or other production.

 

casting vote

cast ing vote |ˈkæstɪŋ ˈˌvoʊt | ▶noun an extra vote given by a chairperson to decide an issue when the votes on each side are equal. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from an obsolete sense of cast ‘turn the scale. ’

 

cast iron

cast i ron |ˈˌkæst ˈˌaɪərn | ▶noun 1 a hard, relatively brittle alloy of iron and carbon that can be readily cast in a mold and contains a higher proportion of carbon than steel (typically 2.0 –4.3 percent ). 2 [ as modifier ] firm and unchangeable: there are no cast-iron guarantees.

 

castle

cas tle |ˈkasəl ˈkæsəl | ▶noun a large building or group of buildings fortified against attack with thick walls, battlements, towers, and in many cases a moat. • a magnificent and imposing mansion, esp. one that is the home or former home of a member of the nobility: [ in names ] : Castle Howard. • Chess, informal old-fashioned term for rook 2. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (often as noun castling ) Chess make a special move (no more than once in a game by each player ) in which the king is transferred from its original square two squares along the back rank toward the corner square of a rook, which is then transferred to the square passed over by the king. • [ with obj. ] move (the king ) in this way. PHRASES castles in the air (or in Spain ) visionary unattainable schemes; daydreams: my father built castles in the air about owning a boat. DERIVATIVES cas tled |ˈkasəld |adjective ( archaic )ORIGIN late Old English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French castel, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum ‘fort. ’

 

Castle, Vernon

Cas tle, Vernon |ˈkasəl ˈkæsəl | (1887 –1918 ), British dancer; born William Vernon Blythe. With his wife Irene (1893 –1969 ), he originated the one-step, the turkey trot, the Castle walk, and the hesitation waltz. He also served as an aviator 1916 –18 during World War I.

 

Castlebar

Castlebar |ˌkɑːs (ə )lˈbɑː | the county town of Mayo, in the Republic of Ireland; pop. 10,655 (2006 ).

 

Castlereagh, Viscount

Castle |reagh |ˈkɑːs (ə )lreɪ | (1769 –1822 ), British Tory statesman; born Robert Stewart. He became Foreign Secretary in 1812 and represented Britain at the Congress of Vienna (1814 –15 ).

 

cast net

cast net ▶noun Fishing a net that is thrown out and immediately drawn in again, as opposed to one that is set up and left.

 

castoff

cast off |ˈkastˌôf ˈkæstɔf | ▶adjective no longer wanted; abandoned or discarded: a pile of castoff clothes. ▶noun (usu. castoffs ) something, esp. a garment, that is no longer wanted: I'm not going out in her castoffs!

 

Castor

Cas tor |ˈkastər ˈkæstər | 1 Greek Mythology the twin brother of Pollux. See Dioscuri. 2 Astronomy the second brightest star in the constellation Gemini, close to Pollux. It is a multiple star system, the three components visible in a moderate telescope being close binaries.

 

castor

cas tor |ˈkastər ˈkæstər | ▶noun a reddish-brown oily substance secreted by beavers, used in medicine and perfumes. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘beaver ’): from Old French or Latin, from Greek kastōr.

 

castor bean

cas tor bean ▶noun the seed of the castor-oil plant. It contains a number of poisonous compounds, esp. ricin, as well as castor oil. • the castor-oil plant.

 

castor oil

cas tor oil |ˈˌkæstər ˈˌɔɪl | ▶noun a pale yellow oil obtained from castor beans, used as a purgative and a lubricant and in manufacturing oil-based products. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: perhaps so named because it succeeded castor in medicinal use.

 

castor-oil plant

cas tor-oil plant ▶noun an African shrub with lobed serrated leaves, yielding the seeds from which castor oil is obtained and widely naturalized in warm countries. [Ricinus communis, family Euphorbiaceae. ]

 

castrate

cas trate |ˈkasˌtrāt ˈkæˌstreɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] remove the testicles of (a male animal or man ). • deprive of power, vitality, or vigor: (as adj. castrated ) : the nation is a castrated giant, afraid to really punish subversives. ▶noun a man or male animal whose testicles have been removed. DERIVATIVES cas tra tion |kaˈstrāSHən |noun, cas tra tor |-ˌtrātər |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin castrare.

 

castration complex

cas tra tion com plex ▶noun Psychoanalysis (in Freudian theory ) an unconscious anxiety arising during psychosexual development, represented in males as a fear that the penis will be removed by the father in response to sexual interest in the mother, and in females as a compulsion to demonstrate that they have an adequate symbolic equivalent to the penis, whose absence is blamed on the mother.

 

castrato

cas tra to |kasˈträˌtō kæˈstrɑdoʊ | ▶noun ( pl. castrati |-tē | ) historical a male singer castrated in boyhood so as to retain a soprano or alto voice. The practice of castration was banned in 1903. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Italian, past participle of castrare (see castrate ).

 

Castries

Cas tries |kasˈtrē, ˈkästrēs, -trēz kæsˈtriz | the capital of the Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia, a seaport on the northwestern coast; pop. 14,000 (est. 2007 ).

 

Castro

Cas tro |ˈkastrō ˈkæstroʊ | the name of a family of Cuban political leaders, including: • Fidel (1927 –), prime minister 1959 –76 and president 1976 –2008; full name Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz. After overthrowing President Batista, he set up a communist regime that survived the abortive Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the collapse of the Soviet bloc. In 2008, he stood down in favor of his brother Raúl. • Raúl (1931 –), president since 2008; full name Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz. He was Cuba's vice president 1976 –2008, an office created for him by his brother Fidel.

 

Castroism

Cas tro ism |ˈkastrōˌizəm ˈkæstroʊɪzəm | ▶noun the political principles or actions of Fidel Castro or his adherents or imitators. DERIVATIVES Cas tro ist noun & adjective, Cas tro ite |-ˌīt |noun & adjective

 

cast steel

cast steel ▶noun [ mass noun ] steel that has been melted and cast in a mould, rather than worked while solid. • historical steel made by melting wrought iron in crucibles with charcoal.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cast

cast 1 |kɑːst | ▶verb ( past and past participle cast ) [ with obj. ] 1 [ usu. with adverbial of direction ] chiefly literary throw (something ) forcefully in a specified direction: he cast the book down on to the chair angrily | the fishermen cast a large net around a school of tuna | figurative : individuals who do not accept the norms are cast out from the group. • throw the hooked and baited end of (a fishing line ) out into the water. • let down (an anchor or sounding line ). 2 [ with adverbial of place ] cause (light or shadow ) to appear on a surface: the moon cast a pale light over the cottages. • [ with adverbial of direction ] direct (one's eyes or a look ) at something: she cast down her eyes | [ with two objs ] : she cast him a desperate glance. • cause (uncertainty or disparagement ) to be associated with something: journalists cast doubt on the government's version of events. 3 [ with adverbial of direction ] discard: he jumped in, casting caution to the wind . • shed (skin or horns ) in the process of growth: the antlers are cast each year. • (of a horse ) lose (a shoe ). 4 shape (metal or other material ) by pouring it into a mould while molten. • make (a moulded object ) by casting metal: a bell was cast for the church. • arrange and present in a specified form or style: he issued statements cast in tones of reason. 5 register (a vote ): votes have been cast in 40 per cent of the seats. 6 cause (a magic spell ) to take effect: the witch cast a spell on her to turn her into a beast | figurative : the city casts a spell on the visitor. 7 calculate and record details of (a horoscope ). 8 [ no obj., usu. with adverbial of direction ] (in country dancing ) change one's position by moving a certain number of places in a certain direction along the outside of the line in which one is dancing. 9 [ no obj. ] Hunting (of a dog ) search in different directions for a lost scent: the dog cast furiously for the vanished rabbit. • [ with obj. ] let loose (hounds ) on a scent. 10 immobilize (an animal, especially a cow ) by using a rope to cause it to fall on its side. ▶noun 1 an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mould: bronze casts of the sculpture. • (also plaster cast ) a mould used to make an object by casting. • (also plaster cast ) a bandage stiffened with plaster of Paris, moulded to the shape of a limb that is broken and used to support and protect it. 2 an act of throwing something forcefully: he grabbed a spear for a third cast. • Fishing a throw of a fishing line. • Brit. the leader of a fishing line. • archaic a throw or a number thrown at dice: 'tis no winning cast. 3 [ in sing. ] [ with adj. or noun modifier ] the form or appearance of something, especially someone's features or complexion: she had a somewhat masculine cast of countenance | the colours he wore emphasized the olive cast of his skin. • the character of something: this question is for minds of a more philosophical cast than mine. 4 a slight squint: he had a cast in one eye. 5 short for worm cast. 6 a pellet regurgitated by a hawk or owl. 7 Hunting a wide search made by a hound or pack of hounds to find a trail. • Austral. /NZ a wide sweep made by a sheepdog in mustering sheep. PHRASES be cast in a —— mould (of a person ) be of the type specified: he was cast in a cautious mould. cast one's bread upon the waters see bread. cast one's eyes over have a quick appraising look at. cast light on see light 1. cast lots see lot. cast one's mind back think back to a particular event or time: he cast his mind back to the fatal evening. cast the (or one's ) net search for suitable options or candidates in a specified way: Martin vowed he would cast the net far and wide in the search for the best person. he is prepared to cast his net wide to find workable solutions. PHRASAL VERBS cast about (or around or round ) search far and wide (physically or mentally ): he is restlessly casting about for novelties. [from cast 1 ( sense 9 of the verb ). ]be cast away be stranded after a shipwreck. be cast down feel depressed: she was greatly cast down by abusive criticism of her novels. cast off (or cast something off ) 1 Knitting take the stitches off the needle by looping each over the next to finish the edge. 2 set a boat or ship free from her moorings: the boatmen cast off and rowed downriver. • (cast off ) (of a boat or ship ) be set free from her moorings. 3 let loose a hunting hound or hawk. 4 Printing estimate the space that will be taken in print by manuscript copy. cast someone off exclude someone from a relationship: you told me your family had cast you off. cast on (or cast something on ) Knitting make the first row of a specified number of loops on the needle. cast something up 1 (of the sea ) deposit something on the shore. 2 dated add up figures. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse kasta ‘to cast or throw ’.

 

cast

cast 2 |kɑːst | ▶noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] the actors taking part in a play, film, or other production: he draws sensitive performances from his inexperienced cast. ▶verb ( past and past participle cast ) [ with obj. ] assign a part in a play or film to (an actor ): he was cast as a young knight in her lavish historical epic. • allocate parts in (a play or film ). ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: a special use of cast 1 in cast 1 ( sense 4 of the verb ).

 

Castalia

Castalia |kaˈsteɪlɪə | a spring on Mount Parnassus, sacred in antiquity to Apollo and the Muses. DERIVATIVES Castalian adjective

 

castanets

cas ¦ta |nets |ˌkastəˈnɛts | ▶plural noun small concave pieces of wood, ivory, or plastic, joined in pairs by a cord and clicked together by the fingers as a rhythmic accompaniment to Spanish dancing. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Spanish castañeta, diminutive of castaña, from Latin castanea ‘chestnut ’.

 

castaway

cast |away |ˈkɑːstəweɪ | ▶noun a person who has been shipwrecked and stranded in an isolated place.

 

caste

caste |kɑːst | ▶noun each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status: members of the lower castes | [ mass noun ] : a man of high caste. • [ mass noun ] the system of dividing society into castes. • any class or group of people who inherit exclusive privileges or are perceived as socially distinct: those educated in private schools belong to a privileged caste. • Entomology (in some social insects ) a class of physically distinct individuals with a particular function in the society. There are four basic classes or varnas in Hindu society: Brahman (priest ), Kshatriya (warrior ), Vaisya (merchant or farmer ), and Sudra (labourer ). The lowest class, the scheduled caste (formerly known as untouchables ), fall outside the varna system and have historically suffered extreme discrimination. PHRASES lose caste descend in the caste system, e.g. by taking employment regarded as of lower status. • come to be regarded with less respect; lose status. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the general sense ‘race, breed ’): from Spanish and Portuguese casta ‘lineage, race, breed ’, feminine of casto ‘pure, unmixed ’, from Latin castus ‘chaste ’.

 

caste Hindu

caste Hindu ▶noun a Hindu who belongs to one of the four main castes.

 

casteism

caste |ism |ˈkɑːstɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 adherence to a caste system. 2 prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of caste. DERIVATIVES casteist adjective

 

Castel Gandolfo

Castel Gandolfo |ˌkastɛl ganˈdɒlfəʊ | the summer residence of the pope, situated on the edge of Lake Albano near Rome.

 

castellan

castellan |ˈkastələn | ▶noun historical the governor of a castle. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old Northern French castelain, from medieval Latin castellanus, from Latin castellum (see castle ).

 

castellated

castellated |ˈkastəleɪtɪd | ▶adjective having battlements: a castellated gatehouse. • (of a nut or other mechanical part ) having grooves or slots on its upper face. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from medieval Latin castellatus, from Latin castellum (see castle ).

 

castellations

castellations |ˌkastəˈleɪʃ (ə )nz | ▶plural noun defensive or decorative parapets with regularly spaced notches; battlements. • ( castellation ) [ mass noun ] the use or building of castellations. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: based on medieval Latin castellare ‘to build castles ’, from castellum (see castle ).

 

Castell-Nedd

Castell-Nedd |ˌkastelˈneð | Welsh name for Neath.

 

caste mark

caste mark ▶noun a symbol on the forehead denoting membership of a particular Hindu caste.

 

caster

cast ¦er |ˈkɑːstə | ▶noun 1 a person who casts something or a machine for casting something. 2 Fishing a fly pupa used as bait. 3 variant spelling of castor 1.

 

caster sugar

caster sugar (also castor sugar ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. finely granulated white or pale golden sugar. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: so named because it was suitable for use in a castor (see castor 1 ( sense 2 )).

 

castigate

castigate |ˈkastɪgeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] formal reprimand (someone ) severely: he was castigated for not setting a good example. DERIVATIVES castigation |-ˈgeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, castigator noun, castigatory adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin castigare ‘reprove ’, from castus ‘pure, chaste ’.

 

Castile

Castile |kaˈstiːl | a region of central Spain, on the central plateau of the Iberian peninsula, formerly an independent Spanish kingdom. ORIGIN from French Castille, from Spanish Castilla .

 

Castile soap

Cas |tile soap |kaˈstiːl | ▶noun [ mass noun ] fine, hard white or mottled soap made with olive oil and soda.

 

Castilian

Castilian |kaˈstɪlɪən | ▶noun 1 a native of Castile. 2 [ mass noun ] the language of Castile, being the standard spoken and literary Spanish. ▶adjective relating to Castile, Castilians, or the Castilian form of Spanish.

 

Castilla-La Mancha

Castilla-La Mancha |kaˌstiːjəlaˈmantʃə, -ljə -| an autonomous region of central Spain; capital, Toledo.

 

Castilla-León

Castilla-León |kaˌstiːjəleɪˈɒn, -ljə -| an autonomous region of northern Spain; capital, Valladolid.

 

casting

cast |ing |ˈkɑːstɪŋ | ▶noun an object made by pouring molten metal or other material into a mould.

 

casting couch

cast |ing couch ▶noun informal used in reference to the supposed practice whereby actresses are awarded parts in films or plays in return for granting sexual favours to the casting director: she was no stranger to the casting couch.

 

casting director

cast |ing dir |ect ¦or ▶noun the person responsible for assigning roles in a film or play.

 

casting vote

cast |ing vote ▶noun an extra vote given by a chairperson to decide an issue when the votes on each side are equal. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from an obsolete sense of cast ‘turn the scale ’.

 

cast iron

cast iron ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 a hard, relatively brittle alloy of iron and carbon which can be readily cast in a mould and contains a higher proportion of carbon than steel (typically 2 –4.3 per cent ). 2 [ as modifier ] firm and unchangeable: there are no cast-iron guarantees.

 

castle

cas ¦tle |ˈkɑːs (ə )l | ▶noun a large building, typically of the medieval period, fortified against attack with thick walls, battlements, towers, and often a moat. • a magnificent and imposing old mansion: [ in names ] : Castle Howard. • Chess, informal old-fashioned term for rook 2. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (often as noun castling ) Chess make a special move (no more than once in a game by each player ) in which the king is transferred from its original square two squares along the back rank towards a rook on its corner square which is then transferred to the square passed over by the king. • [ with obj. ] move (the king ) by castling. PHRASES castles in the air (or in Spain ) visionary unattainable schemes; daydreams: my father built castles in the air about owning a boat. DERIVATIVES castled adjective ( archaic )ORIGIN late Old English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French castel, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum ‘fort ’.

 

Castle, Barbara

Cas ¦tle |ˈkɑːs (ə )l | (Anne ), Baroness Castle of Blackburn (1911 –2002 ), British Labour politician. As Minister of Transport (1965 –8 ) she introduced the 70 mph speed limit and the breathalyser test.

 

Castlebar

Castlebar |ˌkɑːs (ə )lˈbɑː | the county town of Mayo, in the Republic of Ireland; pop. 10,655 (2006 ).

 

Castlereagh, Viscount

Castle |reagh |ˈkɑːs (ə )lreɪ | (1769 –1822 ), British Tory statesman; born Robert Stewart. He became Foreign Secretary in 1812 and represented Britain at the Congress of Vienna (1814 –15 ).

 

cast net

cast net ▶noun a fishing net that is thrown out and immediately drawn in again, rather than being set up and left.

 

cast-off

cast-off Brit. ▶adjective no longer wanted; abandoned or discarded: a pile of cast-off clothes. ▶noun something, especially a garment, that is no longer wanted: I'm not going out in her cast-offs!

 

Castor

Castor |ˈkɑːstə | 1 Greek Mythology the twin brother of Pollux. See Dioscuri. 2 Astronomy the second-brightest star in the constellation Gemini, close to Pollux. It is a multiple star system, the three components visible in a moderate telescope being close binaries.

 

castor

castor 1 |ˈkɑːstə |(also caster ) ▶noun 1 each of a set of small swivelling wheels fixed to the legs or base of a heavy piece of furniture so that it can be moved easily. 2 a small container with holes in the top, especially one used for sprinkling sugar or pepper. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (in sense 2 ): originally a variant of caster, in the general sense ‘something that casts ’.

 

castor

castor 2 |ˈkɑːstə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] an oily reddish-brown substance secreted by beavers, used in medicine and perfumes. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘beaver ’): from Old French or Latin, from Greek kastōr.

 

castor bean

cas ¦tor bean ▶noun the seed of the castor oil plant, which contains a number of poisonous compounds, especially ricin, as well as castor oil. • N. Amer. the castor oil plant.

 

castor oil

cas ¦tor oil |ˈkɑːstə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a pale yellow oil obtained from castor beans, used as a purgative, a lubricant, and in manufacturing oil-based products. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: perhaps so named because it succeeded castor 2 in medicinal use.

 

castor oil plant

cas ¦tor oil plant ▶noun an African shrub with lobed serrated leaves, which yields the seeds from which castor oil is obtained and is widely naturalized in warm countries. ●Ricinus communis, family Euphorbiaceae.

 

castor sugar

cas ¦tor sugar ▶noun variant spelling of caster sugar.

 

castrate

cas |trate |kaˈstreɪt, ˈkastreɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] remove the testicles of (a male animal or man ). • deprive of power, vitality, or vigour: a restrictive classicism would have castrated England's literature. ▶noun a man or male animal whose testicles have been removed. DERIVATIVES castration |-ˈstreɪʃ (ə )n |noun, castrator noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (earlier (Middle English ) as castration ): from Latin castrare.

 

castration complex

cas |tra ¦tion com |plex ▶noun Psychoanalysis (in Freudian theory ) an unconscious anxiety arising during psychosexual development, represented in males as a fear that the penis will be removed by the father in response to sexual interest in the mother, and in females as a compulsion to demonstrate that they have an adequate symbolic equivalent to the penis, whose absence is blamed on the mother.

 

castrato

castrato |kaˈstrɑːtəʊ | ▶noun ( pl. castrati |-ti | ) historical a male singer castrated in boyhood so as to retain a soprano or alto voice. The practice of castration was banned in 1903. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Italian, past participle of castrare (see castrate ).

 

Castries

Castries |kaˈstriːs | the capital of the Caribbean island of St Lucia, a seaport on the NW coast; pop. 14,000 (est. 2007 ).

 

Castro, Fidel

Castro, Fidel |ˈkastrəʊ | (b.1927 ), Cuban statesman, Prime Minister 1959 –76 and President 1976 –2008. After overthrowing President Batista he set up a communist regime which survived the abortive Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the collapse of the Soviet bloc. In 2008 he stood down in favour of his brother Raúl Castro.

 

Castroism

Cas tro ism |ˈkastrōˌizəm ˈkæstroʊɪzəm | ▶noun the political principles or actions of Fidel Castro or his adherents or imitators. DERIVATIVES Cas tro ist noun & adjective, Cas tro ite |-ˌīt |noun & adjective

 

cast steel

cast steel ▶noun [ mass noun ] steel that has been melted and cast in a mould, rather than worked while solid. • historical steel made by melting wrought iron in crucibles with charcoal.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cast

cast verb 1 he cast the stone into the stream: throw, toss, fling, pitch, hurl, lob; informal chuck. 2 fishermen cast their nets: spread, throw, open out. 3 she cast a fearful glance over her shoulder: direct, shoot, throw, send. 4 each citizen cast a vote: register, record, enter, file, vote. 5 the fire cast a soft light: emit, give off, send out, radiate. 6 the figures cast shadows: form, create, produce; project, throw. 7 the stags' antlers are cast each year: shed, lose, discard, slough off. 8 a figure cast by hand: mold, fashion, form, shape, model; sculpt, sculpture, forge. 9 they were cast as extras: choose, select, pick, name, nominate. ▶noun 1 a cast of the writer's hand: mold, die, matrix, shape, casting, model. 2 a cast of the dice: throw, toss, fling, pitch, hurl, lob; informal chuck. 3 an inquiring cast of mind: type, sort, kind, character, variety, class, style, stamp, nature. 4 the cast of our spring musical: actors, performers, players, company, troupe; dramatis personae, characters. PHRASES cast aside cast aside the pages marked with an "X ": discard, reject, throw away /out, get rid of, dispose of, abandon.

 

castaway

castaway adjective 1 castaway sailors: shipwrecked, wrecked, stranded, aground. 2 castaway clothing: castoff, discarded, used, throwaway.

 

caste

caste noun she could not marry outside her caste: class, social class, social order, rank, level, stratum, echelon, status; dated estate, station.

 

castigate

castigate verb Leopold castigated his son for leaving the archbishop's service: reprimand, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, censure, upbraid, reprove, reproach, scold, berate, take to task, lambaste, give someone a piece of one's mind; informal rake /haul over the coals, tell off, give someone an earful, give someone a tongue-lashing, give someone a roasting, rap someone on the knuckles, slap someone's wrist, dress down, bawl out, give someone hell, blow up at, lay into, blast, zing, have a go at, give someone what for, chew out, ream out; rare reprehend. ANTONYMS praise, commend.

 

castle

castle noun a drafty old Scottish castle: fortress, fort, stronghold, fortification, keep, citadel.

 

castrate

castrate verb many of these colts are castrated: neuter, geld, cut, desex, unsex, sterilize, fix, alter, doctor; archaic emasculate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cast

cast verb 1 he cast the stone into the stream: throw, toss, fling, pitch, hurl, bowl, dash, shy, lob, launch, flip, let fly, direct, discharge, project, propel, send; informal chuck, heave, sling, bung. 2 fishermen cast their nets into the sea: spread, throw, lay out, open out, unroll, fan out, stretch out. 3 she cast a fearful glance over her shoulder: direct, shoot, turn, throw, send, dart, bestow, give. 4 each adult citizen has the right to cast a vote: register, record, enter, file, lodge, post, set down, vote; allot, assign, give. 5 the fire cast a soft light: emit, give off, send out, send forth, shed, radiate, diffuse, spread out. 6 the figures cast dancing shadows on the carpet: form, create, make, produce, cause; project, throw. 7 the stags' antlers are cast each year: shed, discard, slough off, throw off, get rid of, let fall, let drop; moult, peel off; technical exuviate. 8 until the 1880s printing type was cast by hand: mould, fashion, form, shape, model; sculpt, sculpture, frame, forge, carve; make, create, build, manufacture. 9 he gave lectures on astrology and cast horoscopes in his spare time: calculate, devise, compute, reckon, determine, assess, work out, formulate, record, write; predict, forecast, foretell, foresee, prophesy. 10 they were cast as extras in the film: choose, select, pick, name, nominate, assign, appoint, give /assign the part to. PHRASES cast aside he glanced down at a newspaper that had been cast aside: discard, reject, cast /throw away, cast /throw out, dispense with, get rid of, dispose of, abandon. cast away he returned home three years after being cast away on the island: shipwreck, wreck; strand, leave stranded, maroon, cast ashore, abandon, leave behind, leave; informal leave high and dry; archaic forsake. cast down she could not bear to see him so miserable and cast down: depressed, downcast, unhappy, sad, miserable, gloomy, down, low, blue, melancholy, doleful, mournful; dejected, dispirited, discouraged, disheartened, downhearted, demoralized, daunted, dismayed, desolate, disconsolate, crestfallen, crushed, sapped, shaken, undermined, despondent, weighed down, oppressed, wretched. ▶noun 1 a cast of the writer's hand was taken: mould, die, form, matrix, shape, casting, template, pattern, frame; sculpture, model, replica, copy, representation, mock-up, imitation, reproduction, figure. 2 a cast of the dice: throw, toss, fling, pitch, hurl, shy, lob, flip; informal chuck, heave, sling, bung, go. 3 a child with an enquiring, ironical cast of mind: type, sort, kind, variety, class, style, stamp, nature, manner, pattern, grain, mould, ilk, kidney, strain, brand, genre; turn, inclination, bent. 4 he had a pronounced cast in one eye : squint, cross-eyes; Brit. informal boss-eye; technical strabismus. 5 he joined the cast of ‘The Barber of Seville ’: actors, performers, players, company, troupe; dramatis personae, characters.

 

caste

caste noun prohibitions prevent people from marrying outside their caste: class, social class, order, social order, social division, grade, grading, group, grouping, station, stratum, echelon, rank, level, degree, set; place, standing, position, status; Hinduism varna; archaic estate, sphere.

 

castigate

castigate verb Leopold castigated his son for leaving the archbishop's service: reprimand, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, reproach, scold, remonstrate with, berate, take to task, pull up, lambaste, read someone the Riot Act, give someone a piece of one's mind, haul over the coals, lecture, criticize, censure; punish, discipline, chasten; informal tell off, give someone a telling-off, give someone a talking-to, give someone an earful, dress down, give someone a dressing-down, give someone a roasting, give someone a rocket, give someone a rollicking, rap, rap someone the knuckles, slap someone's wrist, send someone away with a flea in their ear, let someone have it, bawl out, give someone hell, come down on, blow up at, pitch into, lay into, lace into, give someone a caning, put on the mat, slap down, blast, rag, keelhaul; Brit. informal tick off, have a go at, carpet, monster, give someone a mouthful, tear someone off a strip, give someone what for, give someone some stick, wig, give someone a wigging, give someone a row, row; N. Amer. informal chew out, ream out; Brit. vulgar slang bollock, give someone a bollocking; N. Amer. vulgar slang chew someone's ass, ream someone's ass; dated call down, rate, give someone a rating, trim; rare reprehend, objurgate. ANTONYMS praise, commend.

 

castle

castle noun fortress, fort, stronghold, fortification, keep, citadel, fastness, tower, peel, palace, chateau, donjon; in Spain alcazar.

 

castrate

castrate verb many of these colts are castrated: neuter, geld, cut, emasculate, desex, sterilize, unman, remove the testicles of; N. Amer. & Austral. alter; informal doctor, fix; rare evirate, caponize, eunuchize.

 

Duden Dictionary

Cast

Cast Substantiv, Neutrum Fachsprache , das |C a st |das Cast; Genitiv: des Cast amerikanisch der gesamte Stab von Mitwirkenden an einem Film

 

Castel Gandolfo

Cas tel Gan dol fo Eigenname |Cast e l Gand o lfo |italienische Stadt am Albaner See; Sommerresidenz des Papstes

 

casten

cas ten schwaches Verb Film, Fernsehen |c a sten |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « englisch to cast = besetzen für eine bestimmte Film- oder Fernsehrolle auswählen; Probeaufnahmen von jemandem machen gecastet werden

 

Casting

Cas ting Substantiv, Neutrum , das |C a sting |das Casting; Genitiv: des Castings, Plural: die Castings 1 (bei Film, Fernsehen ) Auswahl der für eine bestimmte Rolle geeigneten Person englisch casting; zu: to cast, casten 2 (in der Sportfischerei ) Wettkampf, der darin besteht, dass man die Angel weit oder auf ein bestimmtes Ziel hin auswirft englisch casting, eigentlich = das Auswerfen, Wurf, zu: to cast = werfen

 

Castingshow

Cas ting show , Cas ting-Show Substantiv, feminin , die Casting-Show |C a stingshow C a sting-Show |Fernsehshow, bei der es [in einer Art Wettbewerb ] um das Besetzen 3 einer Stelle, einer Rolle o. Ä. geht

 

Castle

Ca stle Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈkɑːs (ə )l |das Castle; Genitiv: des Castle, Plural: die Castles englisch castle < altfranzösisch castel < lateinisch castellum, Kastell englische Bezeichnung für: Schloss, Burg

 

Castor

Cas tor , der Kastor |C a stor |

 

Castor

Cas tor Substantiv, maskulin , der ® |C a stor |der Castor; Genitiv: des Castors, Plural: die Castoren Kurzwort für englisch Ca sk for S torage and T ransport o f R adioactive Material Behälter zum Transportieren und Lagern von radioaktivem Material

 

Castorbehälter

Cas tor be häl ter Substantiv, maskulin , der ® |C a storbehälter | Castor

 

Castoreum

Cas to re um Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Cast o reum |das Castoreum; Genitiv: des Castoreums griechisch-neulateinisch Drüsenabsonderung des Bibers Bibergeil

 

Castortransport

Cas tor trans port Substantiv, maskulin , der |C a stortransport |der Castortransport; Genitiv: des Castortransports, Plural: die Castortransporte Transport von Castoren , Castorbehältern

 

Castries

Cas t ries , Cas tries Eigenname |C a stries …rɪs auch kaˈstriː |Hauptstadt von St. Lucia

 

Castrismus

Cas t ris mus , Cas tris mus Substantiv, maskulin , der Castroismus |Castr i smus |der Castrismus; Genitiv: des Castrismus spanisch castrismo Bezeichnung für die politischen Ideen und das politische System des vom kubanischen Ministerpräsidenten F. Castro (* 1927 ) geprägten Sozialismus; vgl. Fidelismo

 

Castro

Cas t ro , Cas tro Eigenname |C a stro |kubanischer Politiker

 

Castroismus

Cas t ro is mus , Cas tro is mus Substantiv, maskulin , der Castrismus |Castro i smus |der Castroismus; Genitiv: des Castroismus spanisch castrismo Bezeichnung für die politischen Ideen und das politische System des vom kubanischen Ministerpräsidenten F. Castro (* 1927 ) geprägten Sozialismus; vgl. Fidelismo

 

Castrop-Rauxel

Cast rop-Rau xel Eigenname |C a strop-R au xel |Stadt im Ruhrgebiet

 

French Dictionary

castagnettes

castagnettes n. f. pl. nom féminin pluriel Instrument de percussion d ’origine espagnole. : Jouer des castagnettes.

 

castel

castel n. m. nom masculin littéraire Petit château. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec les noms suivants: • château, habitation royale ou seigneuriale généralement située à la campagne; • gentilhommière, petit château à la campagne; • manoir, habitation seigneuriale entourée de terres; • palais, résidence d ’un chef d ’État ou d ’un souverain.

 

castillan

castillan , ane adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin De Castille. : Un chant castillan. Un Castillan, une Castillane. Note Typographique L ’adjectif s ’écrit avec une minuscule; le nom, avec une majuscule. nom masculin Langue officielle de l ’Espagne. : Juanita parle le castillan. Note Typographique Le nom de la langue s ’écrit avec une minuscule.

 

casting

casting FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour distribution (des rôles ).

 

castor

castor n. m. nom masculin Rongeur à large queue plate. : Les castors construisent des digues.

 

castrat

castrat n. m. nom masculin Individu mâle ayant subi la castration. Note Orthographique castra t.

 

castration

castration n. f. nom féminin Suppression d ’un organe nécessaire à la reproduction. Note Technique Le nom s ’emploie plus couramment pour les individus mâles.

 

castrer

castrer v. tr. verbe transitif Pratiquer la castration sur. aimer

 

Spanish Dictionary

cast

cast nombre masculino Reparto (conjunto de actores ):no conseguí tomar parte en esta película, porque el cast estaba ya completo .SINÓNIMO casting .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo del inglés cast ‘reparto ’.El plural es casts .

 

casta

casta nombre femenino 1 Ascendencia y descendencia de una persona o de un animal .2 Variedad de una especie animal que reúne ciertos caracteres hereditarios :una buena casta de toros .3 En algunas sociedades, grupo cerrado que constituye una clase especial y se diferencia de los demás por su raza, religión o costumbres :la casta militar; la casta brahmánica .4 Cada uno de los grupos sociales cerrados y endogámicos que componen la población de la India .5 Bravura, especialmente del toro de lidia :un toro de casta; el toro ha de tener casta .6 zool Conjunto de animales especializado por su estructura o función, especialmente los insectos :castas de abejas; castas de hormigas .

 

castaña

castaña nombre femenino 1 Fruto del castaño, del tamaño de una nuez, recubierto por una cáscara dura y flexible de color marrón :la castaña crece dentro de una envoltura espinosa llamada ‘erizo ’.2 Esp coloquial Golpe muy fuerte recibido de forma accidental :¡vaya castaña se ha dado con la bici! SINÓNIMO castañazo, estacazo, leñazo .3 Esp coloquial Borrachera, embriaguez :coger una castaña; llevar una castaña; tener una castaña .castaña de Indias o castaña loca Fruto del castaño de Indias muy parecido a la castaña común, en forma de cápsula espinosa, con semillas grandes y brillantes .sacar las castañas del fuego Solucionar los problemas de otra persona :se mete en cada problema que no te cuento y encima soy yo el que le tiene que sacar las castañas del fuego; tiene mucha suerte, siempre encuentra a alguien que le saca las castañas del fuego .¡toma castaña! i Esp coloquial Se usa para expresar complacencia al comprobar que alguien a quien se desea mal sufre una molestia o fastidio :¡toma castaña! Ya le está bien, por egoísta .ii Esp coloquial Se usa para expresar sorpresa o fastidio :¡toma castaña! Solo nos faltaba tener que rehacer el trabajo . VÉASE parecerse como un huevo a una castaña .

 

castañal

castañal nombre masculino Castañar .

 

castañar

castañar nombre masculino Terreno poblado de castaños .SINÓNIMO castañal .

 

castañazo

castañazo nombre masculino Esp coloquial Golpe muy fuerte recibido de forma accidental .SINÓNIMO castaña, estacazo, leñazo .

 

castañear

castañear castañetear .

 

castañeda

castañeda nombre femenino Castañal .

 

castañero, -ra

castañero, -ra nombre masculino y femenino Persona que vende castañas asadas .

 

castañeta

castañeta nombre femenino 1 Castañuela (instrumento ).2 Chasquido que resulta de juntar la yema del dedo medio con la del pulgar y hacerla resbalar para que choque en el pulpejo .SINÓNIMO pito .3 Pez marino de hasta 50 cm de longitud, color pardo oscuro con reflejos plateados y cuerpo alto muy ovalado y comprimido lateralmente, bastante más ancho en el dorso que en el vientre; tiene hocico corto, piel gruesa con escamas fuertes, aleta dorsal corta a lo largo de todo el dorso y aleta caudal grande y muy escotada; vive en mares cálidos en profundidades medias; su carne es comestible :la castañeta tiene en algunos países gran interés pesquero .SINÓNIMO castañola, japuta, palometa negra .

 

castañetazo

castañetazo nombre masculino 1 Estallido que se produce al reventar una castaña puesta al fuego .2 nombre masculino Crujido o chasquido que suelen dar las articulaciones de los huesos .

 

castañetear

castañetear verbo intransitivo 1 Chocar [los dientes ] de una persona golpeando los de una mandíbula contra los de la otra, por efecto del frío o del miedo :a José le castañetean los dientes de frío .SINÓNIMO castañear .2 verbo transitivo Experimentar [una persona ] el castañeteo de sus dientes :castañeteaba los dientes de miedo .SINÓNIMO castañear .3 Producir [un ave ] unos sonidos a manera de chasquidos .SINÓNIMO castañear .4 Tocar una pieza musical con las castañuelas :castañetear una seguidilla .SINÓNIMO castañear .

 

castañeteo

castañeteo nombre masculino Acción de castañetear :tengo mucho frío y no puedo parar este castañeteo de dientes .

 

castaño, -ña

castaño, -ña nombre masculino 1 Árbol de tronco grueso, corteza pardusca y lisa, copa ancha y esférica, hojas caducas, en forma de lanza y borde aserrado, flores blancas y fruto (castaña ) comestible envuelto en una cápsula llamada erizo; puede alcanzar 35 m de altura .castaño de Indias Castaño de copa densa y esférica, corteza marronácea y lisa, hojas caducas, palmeadas, flores blancas o rosadas, agrupadas en racimos erectos y fruto (castaña de Indias ) muy parecido al del castaño común, en forma de cápsula espinosa, con semillas grandes y brillantes; puede alcanzar hasta 30 m de altura .2 Madera de este árbol .3 nombre masculino /adjetivo Color marrón como el de la cáscara de la castaña; se utiliza especialmente para hablar del color de pelo o de ojos de una persona o del color del pelo o las plumas de un animal :la perdiz pardilla tiene el dorso de color castaño con listas rojas .4 adjetivo Que es de este color :el pelo, castaño, rizado y muy brillante, se balanceaba sobre su espalda; el ciervo tiene manchas blancas en su cuerpo entre el pelaje castaño .Cuando se especifica el tipo de castaño, tanto castaño como la palabra que lo acompaña son invariables en género y número: una cabellera castaño claro, unos ojos castaño oscuro .5 [persona, animal ] Que tiene el pelo de este color :un caballo castaño .pasar de castaño oscuro Ser [una cosa ] demasiado grave o intolerable :esto ya pasa de castaño oscuro .

 

castañola

castañola nombre femenino Castañeta (pez ).SINÓNIMO japuta, palometa negra .

 

castañuela

castañuela nombre femenino 1 Instrumento musical de percusión formado por dos piezas cóncavas de perfil redondeado, hechas generalmente de madera o marfil, que van unidas por un extremo mediante un cordón, de modo que queden juntos los lados cóncavos; se toca con el cordón ligado al pulgar, generalmente una en cada mano, haciendo que ambas piezas choquen entre sí con los movimientos de las manos y de los dedos :las castañuelas se usan en la jota, el flamenco y otros cantes y bailes populares .SINÓNIMO castañeta .2 Pez marino de unos 12 cm de longitud, color pardo oscuro, cuerpo alto, boca pequeña y cola ahorquillada; se alimenta de plancton y vive en las costas rocosas del Mediterráneo y el Atlántico oriental :las castañuelas jóvenes son de color azul brillante .como unas castañuelas Se aplica como comparación a la persona que está muy alegre :está como unas castañuelas porque se va de viaje; Jorge vino alegre como unas castañuelas porque había aprobado el examen .

 

castellana

castellana nombre femenino Copla de cuatro versos de romance octosílabo .

 

castellanismo

castellanismo nombre masculino 1 Palabra, expresión o giro procedentes del dialecto castellano que se usan en otro idioma o en otras zonas del español :‘barco ’ en catalán es un castellanismo .2 Estima o admiración por la cultura o las tradiciones de las provincias castellanas .

 

castellanización

castellanización nombre femenino Acción de castellanizar :la repoblación de los nuevos territorios se hizo con gentes de diversas procedencias y lenguas, lo que facilitaría su posterior castellanización .

 

castellanizar

castellanizar verbo transitivo 1 Imprimir rasgos característicos del idioma castellano a algo; en especial adaptar la ortografía de una palabra extranjera a las normas fonológicas, morfológicas u ortográficas del castellano :la Real Academia Española ha castellanizado ‘water ’ en ‘váter ’;algunos extranjerismos se han castellanizado .SINÓNIMO españolizar .2 Enseñar la lengua castellana a alguien . Conjugación [4 ] como realizar .

 

castellano, -na

castellano, -na adjetivo 1 Relativo al antiguo reino de Castilla, a las antiguas regiones de Castilla la Vieja y Castilla la Nueva o a las actuales comunidades autónomas españolas de Castilla y León y CastillaLa Mancha, o relativo a sus habitantes :meseta castellana; cortes castellanas; tras la incorporación del reino nazarí de Granada a la Corona castellana, Andalucía quedó dividida en cuatro reinos .2 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que es de alguno de esos territorios :los castellanos desearon desde siempre independizarse de León .3 nombre masculino Variedad dialectal del latín que se hablaba en el actual territorio de la región española de Cantabria :durante la Edad Media, el castellano se fue extendiendo hacia el centro y el sur de la Península Ibérica al mismo tiempo que adoptaba caracteres propios, dando lugar a la lengua española .4 nombre masculino /adjetivo Lengua románica que se habla en España, en Hispanoamérica y en otras zonas :idioma castellano; el castellano nace en las montañas de Cantabria .SINÓNIMO español .5 Variedad dialectal del español que se habla en el centro de España .6 adjetivo Que tiene relación con esta lengua o con esta variedad dialectal :gramática castellana . VÉASE copla castellana .

 

castellanohablante

castellanohablante adjetivo /nombre común 1 Que habla castellano como lengua materna o tiene gran dominio de él .SINÓNIMO hispanohablante .2 adjetivo [país, territorio ] Que está habitado por población de habla castellana .SINÓNIMO hispanohablante .

 

castellano-leonés, -nesa

castellano-leonés, -nesa (también castellanoleonés )adjetivo 1 Relativo a Castilla y León, comunidad autónoma española, o a sus habitantes .2 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que es de Castilla y León .

 

castellano-manchego, -ga

castellano-manchego, -ga (también castellanomanchego )adjetivo 1 Relativo a Castilla-La Mancha, comunidad autónoma española, o a sus habitantes .2 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que es de Castilla-La Mancha .

 

castellonense

castellonense adjetivo 1 Relativo a Castellón, provincia y ciudad española, o a sus habitantes .2 adjetivo /nombre común [persona ] Que es de Castellón .

 

casticismo

casticismo nombre masculino 1 Afición a lo castizo o genuino de un lugar en las costumbres y modales :su amor por las costumbres tradicionales es prueba de su casticismo .2 Tendencia a utilizar palabras y giros propios de la tradición de la lengua, evitando los extranjerismos .3 Rasgo lingüístico propio de la tradición de la lengua, que se emplea para evitar extranjerismos :emplea un lenguaje de resonancias barrocas y no libre de casticismos y guiños caricaturescos .

 

casticista

casticista nombre común 1 Del casticismo o relacionado con él :las zarzuelas incorporaban elementos de carácter casticista .2 adjetivo /nombre común [persona ] Que es partidario o defensor del casticismo en el habla o la escritura .

 

castidad

castidad nombre femenino 1 Cualidad de casto .2 Renuncia a todo placer sexual :voto de castidad . VÉASE cinturón de castidad .

 

castigador, -ra

castigador, -ra adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que enamora a alguien con proposiciones, coqueterías, desdenes, etc .

 

castigar

castigar verbo transitivo 1 Imponer un castigo a quien ha cometido un delito o una falta :son delitos las infracciones que la ley castiga con penas graves; la nueva ley castiga con mayor dureza a los culpables de delitos sexuales .2 Obligar a una persona a hacer cierta cosa fatigosa por haber tenido un mal comportamiento :por tirar un papel lo castigaron a recoger todas las hojas del patio .3 Hacer sufrir física o moralmente a una persona :no castigues tanto tu cuerpo y deja de fumar; el equipo alemán castigó duramente a su rival en la final .4 Estropear o dañar [un fenómeno natural ] cierta cosa :la sequía sigue castigando los campos; (fig ) por aquellas tierras, el sol castiga más que ayuda .5 Estimular con el látigo o las espuelas a una cabalgadura para que ande más aprisa . Conjugación [7 ] como llegar .

 

castigo

castigo nombre masculino 1 Pena que se impone a la persona que ha cometido un delito o una falta o ha tenido un mal comportamiento :sufrir un duro castigo; fuerte castigo a los especuladores; interpretó la enfermedad como castigo divino; pese a sus súplicas, su padre se negó a levantarle el castigo; la ONU decretó el embargo a Iraq en castigo por la ocupación de Kuwait .2 Persona o cosa que causa continuas molestias o padecimientos :¡menudo castigo este hijo mío!; esta úlcera es un castigo . VÉASE voto de castigo .

 

castilla

castilla nombre femenino Bol, Chile Tela gruesa de lana; las mujeres indígenas de Bolivia la suelen usar para confeccionarse ropa exterior :recuerdo a mi madre con su abrigo de castilla .hablar en castilla Amér coloquial Hablar en español :hábleme en castilla, che .

 

castillete

castillete nombre masculino Armazón de distintas formas y materias que sirve para sostener una cosa .

 

castillo

castillo nombre masculino 1 Edificio o conjunto de edificios rodeados de murallas, fosos y otras obras de fortificación, construido generalmente en un lugar elevado y estratégicamente situado para la guerra :en el valle del río Loira hay numerosos castillos .2 Parte de la cubierta alta de un buque entre el palo trinquete y la proa .3 Antigua máquina de guerra en forma de torre de madera que se colocaba sobre elefantes .4 En algunos escudos de armas, figura que representa una torre o varias unidas por muros :el castillo del escudo de España proviene del reino de Castilla .castillo de fuego o castillo de fuegos artificiales Armazón donde se coloca el conjunto del material pirotécnico dispuesto para ser lanzado como espectáculo .castillo de naipes Juego de habilidad que consiste en formar pisos con los naipes, colocando alternativamente dos o tres de canto y uno horizontal .hacer castillos de naipes Poner demasiadas esperanzas en un proyecto sin fundamento sólido o sin medios para llevarlo a cabo .hacer (o levantar o construir ) castillos en el aire coloquial Albergar ilusiones o esperanzas con poco o ningún fundamento .

 

castin

castin (también casting )nombre masculino 1 Proceso de selección de actores, modelos, etc .2 Reparto (conjunto de actores ):SINÓNIMO cast .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo del inglés casting , formado a partir de to cast ‘asignar un papel ’.El plural es ‘cástines ’.

 

casting

casting (también castin )nombre masculino 1 Proceso de selección de actores, modelos, etc. :todo indica que hubo un error en el casting, en la selección de actores, por lo que la película ha resultado un fracaso .2 Reparto (conjunto de actores ):una historia fuerte, un casting demoledor y un ejercicio de cine que, ahora, se puede disfrutar otra vez .SINÓNIMO cast .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo del inglés casting , formado a partir de to cast ‘asignar un papel ’.Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘castin ’.

 

castizo, -za

castizo, -za adjetivo 1 Que tiene origen conocido y casta .2 Que es genuino, puro y típico de un determinado lugar :costumbre castiza; tradición castiza; comida castiza .3 [lenguaje ] Que es puro y sin mezcla de elementos extraños a la propia lengua :palabras castizas; habla castiza .4 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino Méx, PRico [persona ] Que es cuarterón, nacido en América del cruce de mestizos y españoles .

 

casto, -ta

casto, -ta adjetivo 1 [persona ] Que se comporta sexualmente de forma moderada o que se abstiene de relaciones sexuales, según determinadas normas morales o religiosas :cuando ella lo vio por primera vez se dio cuenta de que nunca dejaba de mirarla, siempre a los ojos, incluso cuando se quitaba el vestido, casto y solo en su mesa .2 Que denota castidad :aspecto casto; amor casto; beso casto; mirada casta .

 

castor

castor nombre masculino 1 Mamífero roedor de unos 75 cm de longitud (más unos 25 cm de cola ), cuerpo rechoncho, pelo castaño muy espeso y fino, patas cortas, pies posteriores palmeados, y cola plana, ovalada y escamosa; de costumbres principalmente acuáticas, construye verdaderos diques en los ríos y lagos al hacerse su madriguera con hojas, cortezas y raíces, que le sirven también de alimento; su piel es muy apreciada en peletería .castor de montaña Mamífero roedor de 30 a 40 cm de longitud, pelo largo y denso de color castaño o gris, cuerpo macizo, cola diminuta y patas cortas; es nocturno y vive en las madrigueras que excava, en bosques húmedos de América del Norte :los castores de montaña no hibernan pero almacenan alimento en sus madrigueras para los meses invernales .2 Piel de castor, que se caracteriza por ser de pelaje suave, ligero y resistente y por admitir muy bien el teñido; es una piel de mucho abrigo .3 Tejido suave y ligero, fabricado con castor o con una lana fina que lo imite .

 

castoreño

castoreño nombre masculino Sombrero de fieltro hecho de pelo de castor, en ocasiones adornado con una borla de pasamanería o de pelo de castor, que suele ser de ala ancha y copa redonda y es usado principalmente por picadores :en la última corrida de la feria colmenareña aparecieron por allí unos señores con castoreño, vara de picar y montados en percherones .También sombrero castoreño .

 

castóreo

castóreo nombre masculino Secreción olorosa de la región anal del castor que se emplea en farmacia y en perfumería .

 

castración

castración nombre femenino Extirpación o inutilización de los órganos genitales .SINÓNIMO castradura, emasculación .

 

castrado, -da

castrado, -da adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino Que ha sufrido castración :entre los siglos xvi y xviii fueron famosos algunos cantantes castrados, como Farinelli (1705 -1782 ), que conservaron el registro de soprano o contralto al ser castrados en la pubertad .

 

castradura

castradura nombre femenino Castración .

 

castrante

castrante adjetivo Que castra o limita la libertad y originalidad de ideas :una religión castrante; se trata de superar la idea del apoliticismo militar en su más inhibitoria y castrante acepción .

 

castrar

castrar verbo transitivo 1 Extirpar o inutilizar los testículos o los testículos y el pene de un hombre o de un animal macho .SINÓNIMO capar, emascular .2 Quitar panales de miel a una colmena dejando los suficientes para que las abejas puedan mantenerse y fabriquen nueva miel .SINÓNIMO cortar .

 

castrato

castrato nombre masculino Cantante masculino de ópera que, castrado antes del cambio de la voz en la pubertad, conservaba la voz aguda del niño pero con una gran potencia, similar a la de una soprano o contralto :los castrati gozaron de gran prominencia en la ópera de los siglos xvii y xviii; de entre los castrati que sobresalió por encima de todos estaba Carlo Broschi, de sobrenombre Farinelli .El plural es castrati .

 

castrense

castrense adjetivo Del ejército o de la profesión militar, o relacionado con ellos :estamento castrense; había sido capellán castrense en los avatares de la guerra; la ley regula el ejercicio de la jurisdicción militar en el ámbito estrictamente castrense y en los supuestos de estado de sitio .

 

castrismo

castrismo nombre masculino Sistema político de ideología comunista, iniciado en Cuba con la revolución que triunfó en 1959, liderado por Fidel Castro (1927 ).

 

castrista

castrista adjetivo 1 Del castrismo o relacionado con él :régimen castrista .2 adjetivo /nombre común [persona ] Que es partidario del castrismo :días atrás se produjo un enfrentamiento entre castristas y opositores al régimen .

 

castro

castro nombre masculino Poblado celta situado en una cima rocosa, amurallado y con diversas viviendas de planta circular o elíptica :mil años antes de Cristo y antes de la penetración romana en la Península, aparecieron en Asturias los castros .

 

castúo, -túa

castúo, -túa adjetivo 1 [persona ] Que es de Extremadura, comunidad autónoma española .SINÓNIMO extremeño .2 nombre masculino /adjetivo Variedad dialectal del extremeño .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cast

cast /kæst |kɑːst / (! casteと同音 ) 〖原義は 「投げる 」〗動詞 ～s /-ts /; cast ; ～ing 他動詞 1 〖～ A (＋副詞 )〗｟主に書 ｠〈物などが 〉〈光 影 影響など 〉を投げかける , 投じる , 向ける ; 〈人などが 〉〈非難 疑い 視線など 〉を向ける , 注ぐ ; 〈魔法 のろいなど 〉をかける (!副詞 はon, overなどの場所 方向の表現 ) ▸ cast a new light on the subject その問題解決に光明を投げかける ▸ His absence cast a shadow over [on ] the party .｟文 ｠彼の欠席はパーティに影を落とした ▸ cast doubt [blame, aspersions ] on A A 〈人 〉を疑う [責める, 中傷する ]▸ cast an eye over the page そのページにざっと目を通す ▸ cast a glance [look ] at [towards ] the woman その女性をちらりと見る (!見る相手が代名詞の場合は cast her a glance [look ]の語順も可 ) 2 〈人 〉に «…の » 役を割り当てる «as » ; 〈映画など 〉の配役を決める ; ｟比喩的に ｠〈人が 〉〈人 〉を «…の典型と » 見なす , 描く «as » ▸ cast (the parts of ) a play 劇の配役を決める ▸ He was cast as [in the role of ] Romeo .彼はロメオの役を割り当てられた ▸ cast a woman as [in the role of ] a victim 女性を典型的な犠牲者と見なす 3 〈人が 〉 «…へ » 〈票 〉を投じる , 投票する «for » ▸ cast a ballot [vote ]投票する 4 〖～ A (＋副詞 )〗｟文 ｠〈人などが 〉A 〈石 さいころなど 〉を投げる , ほうる (!副詞 は場所 方向の表現; この意味では通例throwを用いる ) ▸ cast a stone into the water 石を水の中に投げ込む 5 〈像など 〉を 鋳造 （ちゅうぞう ）する ▸ His bust was cast in bronze .彼の胸像は青銅で鋳 （い ） られた 6 〈釣り糸 〉を投げ入れる .7 〈人 〉を 【刑務所などに 】投獄する, ほうり込む «into » .8 …を投げ捨てる, 落とす ; 〈ヘビが 〉〈皮 〉を脱ぎ落とす .9 …を計算する , 合算する .10 〈運勢 〉を占う .自動詞 1 (釣り糸 [針 ]さいころなどを )投げる .2 鋳造される [できる ].3 配役を決める .c à st ar ó und [｟主に英 ｠ab ó ut ] for A ｟かたく ｠A 〈物 事 〉を捜し回る, 物色する ; A 〈言い訳など 〉を思案する .c à st A as í de [as í de A ]｟かたく ｠A 〈人 物など 〉をはねのける, 捨てる ; A 〈心配 疑いなど 〉をやめる .c à st A aw á y [aw á y A ]1 A 〈物など 〉を捨てる, やめる ; Aを浪費する .2 〖be ～ away 〗〈船が 〉難破する, 打ち上げられる ; 〈人が 〉置き去りにされる .c à st A d ó wn [d ó wn A ]1 〖be ～ down 〗 «…で » がっかりする, 失望する «by » .2 ｟かたく ｠A 〈視線など 〉を下へ向ける .3 ｟かたく やや古 ｠A 〈物など 〉を完全に破壊する .c à st ó ff 1 〈人 船が 〉 (船のともづなを解いて [解かれて ])岸を離れる .2 (編み物の )目を留める .c à st A ó ff [ó ff A ]1 A 〈衣服 〉を脱ぎ捨てる .2 ｟かたく ｠A 〈やっかいな物 事 〉を捨てる ; A 〈人 〉を見捨てる, 勘当する .3 A 〈ともづななど 〉をほどく, A 〈束縛など 〉から逃れる .4 (編み物の )A 〈目 〉を留める, 編み終わる .5 〘印 〙(組版の際に )A 〈原稿 〉の分量を見積もる .c à st ó n (編み物で )最初の1段を編む, 目を立てる .c à st A ó n [ó n A ]A 〈編み物の目 〉を立てる .c à st A ó ut [ó ut A ]｟文 ｠ «…から » A 〈人 物 〉を追い出す, 追い払う «of » .c à st A ú p [ú p A ]1 ｟文 ｠A 〈人 物など 〉を 【岸などに 】打ち上げる «on » (!しばしば受け身で ) .2 ｟かたく ｠A 〈視線など 〉を上げる .名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C 1 〖通例the ～; 集合的に; 単複両扱い 〗(映画などの )出演者全員 ; 配役 , キャスト ▸ The cast of the film are [is ] very good .その映画の出演者はすばらしい ▸ an all-star cast スター総出演 ▸ a supporting cast 脇 （わき ）役陣 2 〘医 〙ギブス (plaster cast )▸ He put [had ] his arm in a cast .彼は腕にギブスをはめた 3 鋳造 (物 ); 鋳型 （いがた ）.4 ｟主に英 かたく ｠様子 , 特徴 ; 気質 (!通例修飾語を伴って ) ▸ a liberal cast of mind 自由主義の人 ▸ be of a serious cast まじめな気だてである 5 (石 さいころ 視線などを )投げること , ひと投げ ; 投げた距離 ; 釣り糸 [投網 （とあみ ）]を投げ入れること .6 ｟やや古 ｠(軽度の )斜視 , やぶにらみ .7 ｟文 ｠色合い , 気味 .8 (ミミズなどの )盛った土 ; ふん .9 猟犬 [牧羊犬 ]が走り回ること .

 

castanet

cas ta net /kæ̀stənét /名詞 〖通例 ～s 〗〘楽 〙カスタネット ▸ a pair of castanets カスタネット1つ

 

castaway

c á st aw à y 名詞 複 ～s C 1 漂流して (孤島などに )流れ着いた人 ; 漂流物, 捨てられた物 .2 (世間から )見捨てられた人 .形容詞 難破した, 漂流した, 捨てられた .

 

caste

caste /kæst |kɑːst / (! castと同音 ) 名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 a. U カースト制度 〘インドなどヒンドゥー社会の身分制度; もと司祭, 王族 武士, 庶民, 隷民の四階級が基本 〙.b. C (カースト制度の個々の )階級 , 身分 , カースト ▸ a high [low ] caste 高い [低い ]階級 2 C U (一般に )社会階級 ; 身分制度 ; (制度としての )階級社会 .3 U 社会的地位 [威信 ]▸ lose caste 落ちぶれる 4 C 〘虫 〙(ハチ アリなどの )階級 〘一定の役割分担により社会生活をする昆虫類に見られる 〙.

 

castellated

cas tel lat ed /kǽstəlèɪtɪd /形容詞 1 〘建 〙城郭 (のような )様式の .2 城の多い .

 

caster

c á st er 名詞 C 1 (家具 いすなどの )脚輪, キャスター .2 (砂糖 塩 コショウなどの食卓用 )振りかけびん [容器 ].3 (辛子 コショウなどの )薬味びん ; 薬味立て .～́ s ù gar ｟英 ｠グラニュー糖 .

 

castigate

cas ti gate /kǽstɪɡèɪt /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 «…のことで » …を厳しく叱責 （しっせき ）する «for » .2 «…を理由に » …を酷評する «for » .3 …を懲戒する (punish ).

 

castigation

c à s ti g á tion 名詞 U (厳しい )非難, 酷評 ; 懲戒 .

 

casting

c á st ing 名詞 1 U 配役 (をすること ), キャスティング .2 C 鋳物 .3 U 投げること ; (釣りの )キャスティング .～́ c ò uch ｟おどけて ｠〖the ～〗セックスと引き替えに役をもらうこと .～́ dir è ctor 配役責任者 .～̀ v ó te 決定投票 〘賛否同数時に議長が投票すること 〙.

 

cast-iron

c à st- í ron 形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 鋳鉄 （ちゆうてつ ）製の .2 確かな 〈保証 アリバイ 〉, もっともな 〈言い訳 〉.3 非常に強い, 堅固な ; 頑丈な 〈体格など 〉, 丈夫な 〈胃など 〉.4 厳格な, 例外を認めない 〈規則など 〉.

 

castle

cas tle /kǽs (ə )l |kɑ́ːs (ə )l / (! 語末 -tleのtは発音しない ) 〖語源は 「小さなとりで 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 城 , 城郭 ; 安全な場所 ▸ An Englishman's [｟米 ｠A man's ] house is his castle .｟ことわざ ｠イングランド人 [男 ]の家は城である 〘私的生活には他人の干渉を許さない 〙2 (城のような )大邸宅 (mansion ).3 〘チェス 〙城将 , ルーク (rook 2 ).(bu ì ld ) a c à stle [c à stles ] in the á ir [the sk ý, the sk í es, Sp á in ]とてつもない空想 (にふける ).動詞 他動詞 1 〈場所など 〉に城を築く , …を城で固める .2 〘チェス 〙〈王 〉をキャスリングする 〘rook 2 でkingを守ること 〙.自動詞 〘チェス 〙キャスリングする .

 

cast(-)off

c á st (-)ò ff 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗不要になった 〈服など 〉, 着古しの .名詞 C 1 〖通例 ～s 〗古着, お下がり, 使い古し .2 捨てられた物 [人 ].

 

castor

cas tor 1 /kǽstə r |kɑ́ːs -/名詞 ＝caster .

 

castor

cas tor 2 名詞 1 U カストリウム 〘ビーバーの分泌物で薬品 香水の原料 〙.2 C (ビーバーの )毛皮帽 .3 C ビーバー .～́ b è an 1 トウゴマ [ヒマ ]の種子 〘ひまし油の原料 〙.2 ＝castor-oil plant .～́ ò il ひまし油 〘潤滑剤 下剤に用いる 〙.

 

castor-oil plant

c á stor-oil pl à nt 名詞 C 〘植 〙トウゴマ, ヒマ (castor bean ) 〘種子からひまし油をとる 〙.

 

castrate

cas trate /kǽstreɪt |--́ /動詞 他動詞 1 〈動物 人 〉を去勢する ; …の卵巣を除去する .2 〈人 〉の気力をそぐ, 活力を失わせる .cas tr á tion 名詞 U 去勢 ; 卵巣の除去 .