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How to pronounce cast
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What does cast mean?
verbTo move, or be moved, away.
“Many savages believe that by annually casting their skins serpents and other animals renew their youth and live for ever.”
To throw.
To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
nounAn act of throwing.
The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
“I went out on the timber boom and made a few casts, but with little success.”
adjOf an animal, such as a horse or sheep: Lying in a position from which it cannot rise on its own.
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