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casting down

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

Meaning of cast down

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To make (a person) discouraged or dejected.
    • Disclose it not to the others, for none can strive with Fate and gain the victory, and it would but cast down their hearts. But it is fitting we be ready against evil hap.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 19
  2. (transitive) To overthrow, to defeat or bring to ruin.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cast, down.

Questions about casting down

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

Words near casting down in the dictionary

  1. casting call
  2. casting calls
  3. casting caution to the wind
  4. casting couch
  5. casting couches
  6. casting down
  7. casting in someone's teeth
  8. casting light on
  9. casting loose
  10. casting net
  11. casting nets

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