| cast | | |
| n. (group) | 1. cast, cast of characters, dramatis personae | the actors in a play. |
| ~ assemblage, gathering | a group of persons together in one place. |
| ~ troupe, company | organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical).; "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel" |
| ~ supporting players, ensemble | a cast other than the principals. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. cast, mold, mould | container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens. |
| ~ container | any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another). |
| ~ form | a mold for setting concrete.; "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation" |
| ~ matrix | mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface. |
| ~ pig bed, pig | mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast. |
| ~ sandbox | mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal. |
| n. (shape) | 3. cast, mold, mould, stamp | the distinctive form in which a thing is made.; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region" |
| ~ solid | a three-dimensional shape. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. cast, form, shape | the visual appearance of something or someone.; "the delicate cast of his features" |
| ~ appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. cast, plaster bandage, plaster cast | bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal. |
| ~ bandage, patch | a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. cast, casting | object formed by a mold. |
| ~ copy | a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing.; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor" |
| ~ death mask | a cast taken from the face of a dead person. |
| ~ cylinder block, engine block, block | a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine.; "the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked" |
| ~ life mask | a cast taken from the face of a living person. |
| n. (act) | 7. cast, roll | the act of throwing dice. |
| ~ craps | a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice. |
| ~ throw | casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly.; "he risked his fortune on a throw of the dice" |
| ~ natural | (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake. |
| n. (act) | 8. cast, casting | the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel. |
| ~ fishing, sportfishing | the act of someone who fishes as a diversion. |
| ~ bait casting | the single-handed rod casting of a relatively heavy (artificial) bait. |
| ~ fly casting | casting an artificial fly as a lure. |
| ~ overcast | a cast that falls beyond the intended spot. |
| ~ surf casting, surf fishing | casting (artificial) bait far out into the ocean (up to 200 yards) with the waves breaking around you. |
| n. (act) | 9. cast, hurl | a violent throw. |
| ~ throw | the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist).; "the catcher made a good throw to second base" |
| v. (creation) | 10. cast, contrive, project, throw | put or send forth.; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" |
| ~ send, direct | cause to go somewhere.; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" |
| ~ shoot | send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly.; "shoot a glance" |
| v. (possession) | 11. cast | deposit.; "cast a vote"; "cast a ballot" |
| ~ give | convey or reveal information.; "Give one's name" |
| v. (creation) | 12. cast | select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet.; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona" |
| ~ performing arts | arts or skills that require public performance. |
| ~ recast | cast again, in a different role.; "He was recast as Iago" |
| ~ miscast | cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role. |
| ~ typecast | cast repeatedly in the same kind of role. |
| ~ stage, present, represent | perform (a play), especially on a stage.; "we are going to stage `Othello'" |
| ~ film | record in film.; "The coronation was filmed" |
| ~ perform, do, execute | carry out or perform an action.; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" |
| ~ cast | assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors.; "Who cast this beautiful movie?" |
| ~ assign, delegate, designate, depute | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). |
| v. (contact) | 13. cast, hurl, hurtle | throw forcefully. |
| ~ dash, crash | hurl or thrust violently.; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" |
| ~ precipitate | hurl or throw violently.; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below" |
| ~ throw | propel through the air.; "throw a frisbee" |
| ~ sling, catapult | hurl as if with a sling. |
| ~ bowl | hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end. |
| v. (social) | 14. cast | assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors.; "Who cast this beautiful movie?" |
| ~ cast | select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet.; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona" |
| ~ assign, delegate, designate, depute | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). |
| v. (motion) | 15. cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ maunder | wander aimlessly. |
| ~ gad, gallivant, jazz around | wander aimlessly in search of pleasure. |
| ~ drift, err, stray | wander from a direct course or at random.; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" |
| ~ wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| v. (creation) | 16. cast, mold, mould | form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold.; "cast a bronze sculpture" |
| ~ shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work | make something, usually for a specific function.; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" |
| ~ press out, press | press from a plastic.; "press a record" |
| ~ remold, remould, recast | cast again.; "The bell cracked and had to be recast" |
| ~ sand cast | pour molten metal into a mold of sand. |
| v. (contact) | 17. cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off | get rid of.; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" |
| ~ exuviate, molt, moult, slough, shed | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.; "our dog sheds every Spring" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ abscise | shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue. |
| ~ exfoliate | cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters. |
| ~ autotomise, autotomize | cause a body part to undergo autotomy. |
| v. (competition) | 18. cast, draw | choose at random.; "draw a card"; "cast lots" |
| ~ move, go | have a turn; make one's move in a game.; "Can I go now?" |
| v. (communication) | 19. cast, couch, frame, put, redact | formulate in a particular style or language.; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" |
| ~ give voice, phrase, word, articulate, formulate | put into words or an expression.; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" |
| v. (body) | 20. barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" |
| ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
| spray | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. spray | a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying. |
| ~ pesticide | a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects). |
| n. (quantity) | 2. spray, spraying | a quantity of small objects flying through the air.; "a spray of bullets" |
| ~ small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. spray | flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage. |
| ~ floral arrangement, flower arrangement | a decorative arrangement of flowers. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. atomiser, atomizer, nebuliser, nebulizer, spray, sprayer | a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist. |
| ~ airbrush | an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air. |
| ~ dispenser | a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts. |
| n. (substance) | 5. spray | water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall. |
| ~ water vapor, water vapour | water in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature. |
| ~ sea spray | spray from ocean waves. |
| ~ spindrift, spoondrift | spray blown up from the surface of the sea. |
| n. (event) | 6. spray | a jet of vapor. |
| ~ spirt, spurt, jet, squirt | the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid). |
| v. (contact) | 7. spray | be discharged in sprays of liquid.; "Water sprayed all over the floor" |
| ~ disperse, sprinkle, dot, scatter, dust | distribute loosely.; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" |
| v. (contact) | 8. spray | scatter in a mass or jet of droplets.; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall" |
| ~ shower | spray or sprinkle with.; "The guests showered rice on the couple" |
| ~ atomise, atomize | spray very finely.; "atomize perfume" |
| ~ mist | spray finely or cover with mist. |
| ~ syringe | spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe. |
| ~ disperse, sprinkle, dot, scatter, dust | distribute loosely.; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" |
| v. (contact) | 9. spray | cover by spraying with a liquid.; "spray the wall with paint" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| toss | | |
| n. (act) | 1. flip, toss | the act of flipping a coin. |
| ~ throw | casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly.; "he risked his fortune on a throw of the dice" |
| n. (act) | 2. flip, pass, toss | (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team.; "the pass was fumbled" |
| ~ throw | the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist).; "the catcher made a good throw to second base" |
| ~ centering, snap | (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back.; "the quarterback fumbled the snap" |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| n. (act) | 3. toss | an abrupt movement.; "a toss of his head" |
| ~ movement, motility, motion, move | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| v. (contact) | 4. flip, pitch, sky, toss | throw or toss with a light motion.; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" |
| ~ fling | throw with force or recklessness.; "fling the frisbee" |
| ~ submarine | throw with an underhand motion. |
| ~ lag | throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins. |
| ~ throw back, toss back | throw back with a quick, light motion.; "She tossed back her head" |
| v. (motion) | 5. flip, toss | lightly throw to see which side comes up.; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| v. (contact) | 6. chuck, toss | throw carelessly.; "chuck the ball" |
| ~ throw | propel through the air.; "throw a frisbee" |
| v. (motion) | 7. convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss | move or stir about violently.; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" |
| ~ shake, agitate | move or cause to move back and forth.; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" |
| ~ whip | thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash.; "The tall grass whipped in the wind" |
| v. (possession) | 8. cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out | throw or cast away.; "Put away your worries" |
| ~ unlearn | discard something previously learnt, like an old habit. |
| ~ deep-six, give it the deep six | toss out; get rid of.; "deep-six these old souvenirs!" |
| ~ jettison | throw away, of something encumbering. |
| ~ junk, scrap, trash | dispose of (something useless or old).; "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" |
| ~ waste | get rid of.; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer" |
| ~ get rid of, remove | dispose of.; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" |
| ~ dump | throw away as refuse.; "No dumping in these woods!" |
| ~ retire | dispose of (something no longer useful or needed).; "She finally retired that old coat" |
| ~ abandon | forsake, leave behind.; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" |
| ~ liquidize, sell out, sell up | get rid of all one's merchandise. |
| ~ de-access | dispose of by selling.; "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money"; "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines" |
| ~ close out | terminate by selling off or disposing of.; "He closed out his line of sports cars" |
| v. (contact) | 9. toss | agitate.; "toss the salad" |
| ~ tumble | put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying.; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry" |
| ~ raise up, commove, disturb, stir up, vex, shake up, agitate | change the arrangement or position of. |
| ~ amalgamate, commix, mingle, unify, mix | to bring or combine together or with something else.; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" |
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