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Added 2 October 2026

cast

/kɑːst/ verb

In Latin: iaciō Wiktionary

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To move, or be moved, away. To throw. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
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To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.

noun

An act of throwing.
The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
An instance of throwing out a fishing line.

adjective

Of an animal, such as a horse or sheep: Lying in a position from which it cannot rise on its own.

Origin

From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots cast (“to cast, throw”), Danish kaste (“to throw”), Swedish kasta (“to throw, cast, fling, toss, discard”), Icelandic kasta (“to pitch, toss”). In the sense of "flinging", displaced native warp. The senses relating to broadcasting are based on that same term; compare -cast.

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