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Synonyms for casting


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kas-ting, kah-sting
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæs tɪŋ, ˈkɑ stɪŋ

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Définition of casting

Origin :
  • c.1300, "a throwing; late 14c., "a metal casting, a product of a cast;" verbal noun from cast (v.). Theatrical sense is from 1814. Casting couch in the naughty-Hollywood sense is from 1948.
  • verb throw aside
  • verb emit, give
  • verb calculate
  • verb select for activity
Example sentences :
  • Casting from us our own faults first, let us cast from us and from him our neighbor's also.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He glanced about the room, casting his eyes critically at the books.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • And, casting his long arms about her, he strove to draw her to him.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • And, casting the pen down, he turned his stool round impatiently.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • And casting about for an excuse, he grasped at the most sovereign solace he knew of.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • He was blandly tapping his fingers on the table, and casting his eyes up at the window.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • I stayed with her, casting displeased and furtive glances at the Prince.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • His mother was casting the first handful of meal into the pot.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • Casting her eyes upon him for an instant, she withdrew, and left him there alone.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • She was the Knigin Luise, and the things she was casting overboard were mines.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various

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