offcast
offcast verb: to cast off; shed.
Verb
offcast (third-person singular simple present offcasts, present participle offcasting, simple past and past participle offcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) offcasted)
- To cast off; shed.
- To remove from the cast of a production.
- The experiment to offcast Davis began in 1937 with That Certain Woman; "She's a lady," we are told.1985, Tino Balio, The American film industry
- [...] and Paramount was not inclined to offcast its stars, the story was dropped.1997, Ann M. Sperber, Eric Lax, Bogart
Noun
offcast (plural offcasts)
- That which is rejected as useless.
Forms of offcast
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | offcasts |
| present participle | offcasting |
| past participle | offcast |
| past | offcast |
| past participle common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimes | offcasted |
| past common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimes | offcasted |
| alternative form | off-cast |
| Noun | |
| plural | offcasts |
Origin of offcast
From Middle English ofcasten, equivalent to off- + cast. Cognate with Danish afkaste (“to shed”), Swedish avkasta (“to crop, throw off, yield”). The noun is possibly derived from Middle English ofcast (“the refuse of plants”).
Questions about offcast
- What does offcast mean?
- Offcast means to cast off; shed.
- What part of speech is offcast?
- Offcast can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of offcast?
- The past tense of offcast is offcast.
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