cast
part of speech
verb (cast, casts, cast, casting — the past is also cast); noun (a cast, casts)
meaning for a pupil
1) To throw something, such as a fishing line or a net. tree →
2) A hard cover, often of plaster, put around a broken arm or leg so it can heal. tree →
3) All the actors in a play, film or show. tree →
4) To give actors their parts: "She was cast as the queen." tree →
5) To make light or shadow fall somewhere: "The tree cast a long shadow." tree →
6) To make an object by pouring hot liquid metal or plaster into a mould. tree →
7) To cast a spell or a vote. tree →
8) To cast someone out means to send them away from a place or a group. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It can mean to throw, or to pour molten metal into a mould to make something, as in the rings of the Tabernacle. It can also mean to throw down, or to cast off, which means to reject. Interpretation: Tradition notes the casting down of the rod before Pharaoh, which turned into a serpent, as a sign of God's power through Moses and Aaron. In the psalms "cast us off" is the cry of the people who feel God has abandoned them. Tradition reads it as an honest prayer, trusting that God will not do so for ever. In the primary lessons: In health and safety, a cast protects a broken bone for weeks while it heals. In science, objects cast shadows when they block light, and shadows are longer in the evening. In school plays, the cast takes a bow at the end. In stories, wizards cast spells. Phrases: cast a shadow, cast a spell, cast a vote, the cast of a play, plaster cast, cast off, cast out.
examples
- And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. (Torah GEN.21.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents; but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. (Torah EXO.7.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be holders for the staves. (Torah EXO.38.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever. (Writings PSA.44.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- LORD, why castest Thou off my soul? (Writings PSA.88.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? (Writings PSA.60.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- Tom has a cast on his broken arm. tree →
- We all signed her cast. tree →
- The tree cast a shadow on the grass. tree →
- The whole cast bowed at the end of the play. tree →
- She was cast as the wolf. tree →
- Dad cast his fishing line into the lake. tree →
- The witch cast a spell on the prince. tree →
- The statue was cast in bronze. tree →
- Wolf Pack, ye have cast me out too. tree →
note
Irregular: cast, cast, cast — the past is the same as the present: "Yesterday he cast the line." Countable as a noun: a cast. "Cast" for a play is a group word: "The cast was (or were) great." In science, a shadow forms because light travels in straight lines and cannot go through an opaque object.
In the corpora
- And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
- and they took him, and cast him into the pit — and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
- For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents; but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
- Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath He cast into the sea, and his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
- And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be holders for the staves.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «cast» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.