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# cast

«cast» in Mova's school dictionary: **To throw something, such as a fishing line or a net** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (cast, casts, cast, casting — the past is also cast); noun (a cast, casts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To throw something, such as a fishing line or a net. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#m1)

2) A hard cover, often of plaster, put around a broken arm or leg so it can heal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#m2)

3) All the actors in a play, film or show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#m3)

4) To give actors their parts: "She was cast as the queen." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#m4)

5) To make light or shadow fall somewhere: "The tree cast a long shadow." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#m5)

6) To make an object by pouring hot liquid metal or plaster into a mould. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#m6)

7) To cast a spell or a vote. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#m7)

8) To cast someone out means to send them away from a place or a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#m8)

### sense in the lessons

In health and safety, a cast protects a broken bone for weeks while it heals. In science, objects cast shadows when they block light, and shadows are longer in the evening. In school plays, the cast takes a bow at the end. In stories, wizards cast spells. Phrases: cast a shadow, cast a spell, cast a vote, the cast of a play, plaster cast, cast off, cast out.

### examples

- Tom has a cast on his broken arm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#x1)
- We all signed her cast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#x2)
- The tree cast a shadow on the grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#x3)
- The whole cast bowed at the end of the play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#x4)
- She was cast as the wolf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#x5)
- Dad cast his fishing line into the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#x6)
- The witch cast a spell on the prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#x7)
- The statue was cast in bronze. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#x8)
- Wolf Pack, ye have cast me out too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/#x9)

### note

Irregular: cast, cast, cast — the past is the same as the present: "Yesterday he cast the line." Countable as a noun: a cast. "Cast" for a play is a group word: "The cast was (or were) great." In science, a shadow forms because light travels in straight lines and cannot go through an opaque object.

### In the corpora

- [A cast is kept dry, and you tell an adult if the arm hurts more, because the cast helps the bone heal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites/8/)
- [A wet cast can rub and infect the skin under it, so a cast must be kept dry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites/19/)
- [A broken bone means hours in hospital, weeks in a cast and no sport for a long time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/24/)
- [Some of the cast learned the quieter lessons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/411-account-swaps-and-passwords/14/)
- [The cast found their own ways out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/413-loot-boxes-and-the-surprise-trap/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cast» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cast/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.