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casting away

casting away is the present participle and gerund of cast away.

Meaning of cast away

Verb

cast away (third-person singular simple present casts away, present participle casting away, simple past and past participle cast away)

  1. (transitive) To discard.
    • She cast away her bridal dress along with other reminders of the marriage.
    Synonyms:
    at discard
  2. (transitive) To abandon or maroon.
    • The mutineers cast away the ship's officers in the longboat.
  3. (transitive) To eliminate by means of a cast operation.
    • If you want to change a class member inside a const member function, the traditional approach is to cast away constness by saying (X*)this.1995, Embedded Systems Programming, volume 8, page 180

Questions about casting away

What is casting away the present participle and gerund of?
Casting away is the present participle and gerund of cast away.

Words near casting away in the dictionary

  1. casting agents
  2. casting anchor
  3. casting around
  4. casting aside
  5. casting aspersions
  6. casting away
  7. casting back
  8. casting call
  9. casting calls
  10. casting caution to the wind
  11. casting couch

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