cast

«cast» in Mova's school dictionary: To throw something, such as a fishing line or a net — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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

• 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

• A cast is kept dry, and you tell an adult if the arm hurts more, because the cast helps the bone heal.
• A wet cast can rub and infect the skin under it, so a cast must be kept dry.
• A broken bone means hours in hospital, weeks in a cast and no sport for a long time.
• Some of the cast learned the quieter lessons.
• The cast found their own ways out.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cast» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.