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casts

casts is the plural of cast.

casts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cast.

Meaning of cast

Noun

cast (plural casts)

  1. An act of throwing.
  2. The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
  3. An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
    • I went out on the timber boom and made a few casts, but with little success.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 152
  4. Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
    • a cast of scatter'd dust1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
  5. A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
    • The area near the stream was covered with little bubbly worm casts.
  6. The collective group of actors performing a play or production together.
    • He’s in the cast of Oliver.

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Proper noun capitalized: Casts

Casts

  1. (plural) plural of Cast

Phrases with casts

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Questions about casts

What is casts the plural of?
Casts is the plural of cast.
What part of speech is casts?
Casts is a proper noun.

Words near casts in the dictionary

  1. Castrovian
  2. Castroville
  3. Castruita
  4. Castruitas
  5. castrum
  6. casts
  7. casts a chill
  8. casts a shadow
  9. casts about
  10. casts adrift
  11. casts anchor

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