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casts away

casts away is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is casts away the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Casts away is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cast away.

Words near casts away in the dictionary

  1. casts adrift
  2. casts anchor
  3. casts around
  4. casts aside
  5. casts aspersions
  6. casts away
  7. casts back
  8. casts caution to the wind
  9. casts down
  10. casts in someone's teeth
  11. casts light on

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