Cast

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Cast, v. t. [Cf. Dan. kaste, Icel. & Sw. kasta; perh. akin to L. gerere to bear, carry. E. jest.].

•  To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.  [1913 Webster]

  "Uzziah prepared . . . slings to cast stones."  [1913 Webster]

  "Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me."  [1913 Webster]

  "We must be cast upon a certain island."  [1913 Webster]
•  To direct or turn, as the eyes.  [1913 Webster]

  "How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me!"  [1913 Webster]
•  To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.  [1913 Webster]
•  To throw down, as in wrestling.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.  [1913 Webster]

  "Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank] about thee."  [1913 Webster]
•  To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.  [1913 Webster]

  "His filth within being cast."  [1913 Webster]

  "Neither shall your vine cast her fruit."  [1913 Webster]

  "The creatures that cast the skin are the snake, the viper, etc."  [1913 Webster]
•  To bring forth prematurely; to slink.  [1913 Webster]

  "Thy she-goats have not cast their young."  [1913 Webster]
•  To throw out or emit; to exhale.  [1913 Webster]

  "This . . . casts a sulphureous smell."  [1913 Webster]
•  To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.  [1913 Webster]
•  To impose; to bestow; to rest.  [1913 Webster]

  "The government I cast upon my brother."  [1913 Webster]

  "Cast thy burden upon the Lord."  [1913 Webster]
•  To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.  [1913 Webster]

  "The state can not with safety cast him."  [1913 Webster]
•  To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

  "You cast the event of war, my noble lord."  [1913 Webster]
•  To contrive; to plan.  [1913 Webster]

  "The cloister . . . had, I doubt not, been cast for [an orange-house]."  [1913 Webster]
•  To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.  [1913 Webster]

  "She was cast to be hanged."  [1913 Webster]

  "Were the case referred to any competent judge, they would inevitably be cast."  [1913 Webster]
•  To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.  [1913 Webster]

  "How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious!"  [1913 Webster]
•  To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.  [1913 Webster]
•  To stereotype or electrotype.  [1913 Webster]
•  To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.  [1913 Webster]

  "Our parts in the other world will be new cast."  [1913 Webster]

To cast anchor (Naut.) See under Anchor. -- To cast a horoscope, to calculate it. -- To cast a horse, sheep, or other animal, to throw with the feet upwards, in such a manner as to prevent its rising again. -- To cast a shoe, to throw off or lose a shoe, said of a horse or ox. -- To cast aside, to throw or push aside; to neglect; to reject as useless or inconvenient. -- To cast away. (a) To throw away; to lavish; to waste. “Cast away a life” Addison. (b) To reject; to let perish. “Cast away his people.” Rom. xi. 1. “Cast one away.” Shak. (c) To wreck. “Cast away and sunk.” Shak. -- To cast by, to reject; to dismiss or discard; to throw away. -- To cast down, to throw down; to destroy; to deject or depress, as the mind. “Why art thou cast down. O my soul?” Ps. xiii. 5. -- To cast forth, to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed place; to emit; to send out. -- To cast in one's lot with, to share the fortunes of. -- To cast in one's teeth, to upbraid or abuse one for; to twin. -- To cast lots. See under Lot. -- To cast off. (a) To discard or reject; to drive away; to put off; to free one's self from. (b) (Hunting) To leave behind, as dogs; also, to set loose, or free, as dogs. Crabb. (c) (Naut.) To untie, throw off, or let go, as a rope. -- To cast off copy, (Print.), to estimate how much printed matter a given amount of copy will make, or how large the page must be in order that the copy may make a given number of pages. -- To cast one's self on or To cast one's self upon to yield or submit one's self unreservedly to, as to the mercy of another. -- To cast out, to throw out; to eject, as from a house; to cast forth; to expel; to utter. -- To cast the lead (Naut.), to sound by dropping the lead to the bottom. -- To cast the water (Med.), to examine the urine for signs of disease. [Obs.]. -- To cast up. (a) To throw up; to raise. (b) To compute; to reckon, as the cost. (c) To vomit. (d) To twit with; to throw in one's teeth.

Cast, v. i. 

•  To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.  [1913 Webster]
•  To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.  [1913 Webster]

  "Weigh anchor, cast to starboard."  [1913 Webster]
•  To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.  [1913 Webster]

  "She . . . cast in her mind what manner of salution this should be."  [1913 Webster]
•  To calculate; to compute.  [1913 Webster]

  "Who would cast and balance at a desk."  [1913 Webster]
•  To receive form or shape in a mold.  [1913 Webster]

  "It will not run thin, so as to cast and mold."  [1913 Webster]
•  To warp; to become twisted out of shape.  [1913 Webster]

  "Stuff is said to cast or warp when . . . it alters its flatness or straightness."  [1913 Webster]
•  To vomit.  [1913 Webster]

  "These verses . . . make me ready to cast."  [1913 Webster]

Cast, 3d pers. pres. 

 3d pers. pres. of Cast, for Casteth.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

Cast, n. [Cf. Icel., Dan., & Sw. kast.].

•  The act of casting or throwing; a throw.  [1913 Webster]
•  The thing thrown.  [1913 Webster]

  "A cast of dreadful dust."  [1913 Webster]
•  The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.  Luke xxii. 41.  [1913 Webster]
•  A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.  [1913 Webster]

  "An even cast whether the army should march this way or that way."  Sowth.  [1913 Webster]

  "I have set my life upon a cast,
  And I will stand the hazard of the die."  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.  [1913 Webster]
•  The act of casting in a mold.  [1913 Webster]

  "And why such daily cast of brazen cannon."  [1913 Webster]
•  An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.  [1913 Webster]
•  Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.  [1913 Webster]

  "An heroic poem, but in another cast and figure."  [1913 Webster]

  "And thus the native hue of resolution
  Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought."  [1913 Webster]
•  A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.  [1913 Webster]

  "Gray with a cast of green."  [1913 Webster]
•  A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.  [1913 Webster]

  "We bargained with the driver to give us a cast to the next stage."  [1913 Webster]

  "If we had the cast o' a cart to bring it."  [1913 Webster]
•  The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.  [1913 Webster]
•  A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.  Grabb.  [1913 Webster]

  "As when a cast of falcons make their flight."  [1913 Webster]
•  A stoke, touch, or trick.  [1913 Webster]

  "This was a cast of Wood's politics; for his information was wholly false."  [1913 Webster]
•  A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.  [1913 Webster]

  "The cast of the eye is a gesture of aversion."  [1913 Webster]

  "And let you see with one cast of an eye."  [1913 Webster]

  "This freakish, elvish cast came into the child's eye."  [1913 Webster]
•  A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.  [1913 Webster]
•  Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.  [1913 Webster]
•  Contrivance; plot, design.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

A cast of the eye, a slight squint or strabismus. -- Renal cast (Med.), microscopic bodies found in the urine of persons affected with disease of the kidneys; -- so called because they are formed of matter deposited in, and preserving the outline of, the renal tubes. -- The last cast, the last throw of the dice or last effort, on which every thing is ventured; the last chance.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Cast, v. & n.
--v. (past and past part. cast)
1 tr. throw, esp. deliberately or forcefully.
2 tr. (often foll. by on, over) a direct or cause to fall (one's eyes, a glance, light, a shadow, a spell, etc.). b express (doubts, aspersions, etc.).
3 tr. throw out (a fishing-line) into the water.
4 tr. let down (an anchor or sounding-lead).
5 tr. a throw off, get rid of. b shed (skin etc.) esp. in the process of growth. c (of a horse) lose (a shoe).
6 tr. record, register, or give (a vote).
7 tr. a shape (molten metal or plastic material) in a mould. b make (a product) in this way.
8 tr. Printing make (type).
9 tr. a (usu. foll. by as) assign (an actor) to play a particular character. b allocate roles in (a play, film, etc.).
10 tr. (foll. by in, into) arrange or formulate (facts etc.) in a specified form.
11 tr. & intr. reckon, add up, calculate (accounts or figures).
12 tr. calculate and record details of (a horoscope).
--n.
1 a the throwing of a missile etc. b the distance reached by this.
2 a throw or a number thrown at dice.
3 a throw of a net, sounding-lead, or fishing-line.
4 Fishing a that which is cast, esp. the gut with hook and fly. b a place for casting (a good cast).
5 a an object of metal, clay, etc., made in a mould. b a moulded mass of solidified material, esp. plaster protecting a broken limb.
6 the actors taking part in a play, film, etc.
7 form, type, or quality (cast of features; cast of mind).
8 a tinge or shade of colour.
9 a (in full cast in the eye) a slight squint. b a twist or inclination.
10 a a mass of earth excreted by a worm. b a mass of indigestible food thrown up by a hawk, owl, etc.
11 the form into which any work is thrown or arranged.
12 a a wide area covered by a dog or pack to find a trail. b Austral. & NZ a wide sweep made by a sheepdog in mustering sheep.

Idiom

cast about (or around or round) make an extensive search (actually or mentally) (cast about for a solution). cast adrift leave to drift. cast ashore (of waves etc.) throw to the shore. cast aside give up using; abandon. cast away
1 reject.
2 (in passive) be shipwrecked (cf. CASTAWAY). cast one's bread upon the waters see BREAD. cast down depress, deject (cf. DOWNCAST). casting vote a deciding vote usu. given by the chairperson when the votes on two sides are equal.

Usage

From an obsolete sense of cast = turn the scale. cast iron a hard alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon cast in a mould. cast-iron adj.
1 made of cast iron.
2 hard, unchallengeable, unchangeable. cast loose detach; detach oneself. cast lots see LOT. cast-net a net thrown out and immediately drawn in.
cast off
1 abandon.
2 Knitting take the stitches off the needle by looping each over the next to finish the edge.
3 Naut. a set a ship free from a quay etc. b loosen and throw off (rope etc.).
4 Printing estimate the space that will be taken in print by manuscript copy. cast-off adj. abandoned, discarded.
--n. a cast-off thing, esp. a garment. cast on Knitting make the first row of loops on the needle. cast out expel. cast up
1 (of the sea) deposit on the shore.
2 add up (figures etc.).

Etymology

ME f. ON kasta

THESAURUS

Cast

Ace bandage, Band-Aid, Platonic form, Platonic idea, a thing for, abandon, abdicate, about ship, account, achromatism, acting company, actor, add, address, adhesive tape, aesthetic form, affinity, age group, aggregate, aim, air, algebraize, amount, animus, antagonist, antihero, application, appoint, aptitude, aptness, archetype, aroma, arrange, arrangement, art form, assemble, assembled, assign, attribute, back and fill, badge, band, bandage, bandaging, barf, battalion, be confined, bear, bear a child, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, bear young, bearing, beat, beat about, bent, bevy, bias, binder, bit, bit part, blaze, blink, block out, blood, blueprint, body, body-build, boot out, born, bounce, bowl, box off, box score, brace, brand, break, breed, brigade, bring about, bring round, bring up, broadcast, bronze, brow, build, built, bullion, bunch, bung, burn, burn in, burn off, button, cabal, cachet, calculate, calve, calved, cant, cant round, carriage, carve, cashier, cast about, cast aside, cast at, cast away, cast of characters, cast of countenance, cast off, cast out, casting, cataplasm, catapult, cauterize, change course, change of pace, change the heading, change-up, char, character, characteristic, characteristics, characters, chart, chase, chisel, choose, chorus, chromatism, chromism, chuck, chuck at, chuck out, chunk, cipher, circus troupe, clan, clap, class, clique, coal, cohort, color, color balance, color harmony, color scheme, coloration, coloring, come about, company, complement, complexion, compose, composition, compound, compress, compute, conatus, concert, concoct, conduciveness, configuration, conformation, constituents, constitution, construct, constructed, contingent, contrive, convergent strabismus, corps, corps de ballet, coterie, cotton, count, countenance, court plaster, covey, crack, crafted, crap, craps, crasis, cravat, create, created, crew, cross-eye, cross-eyedness, crowd, cue, cupel, curve, custom, custom-built, custom-made, cut, cut out, dart, dash, decorator color, deep-six, defenestrate, delegate, delight, demeanor, denomination, description, design, designate, designation, desquamation, detachment, detail, detrude, devise, dharma, diathesis, die, difference, differentia, differential, discard, discharge, disgorge, dismiss, disperse, dispose of, disposition, distinctive feature, distribute, ditch, divide, division, doff, dope out, double a point, downcurve, dramatis personae, dressing, drive out, drop, dropped, dump, eagerness, earmark, eccentricity, efform, eight, eighty-six, eject, elaborate, elastic bandage, eleven, eliminate, engrave, ensemble, epithem, erect, esotropia, estimate, ethos, evict, evolve, exclude, exile, exotropia, expel, expression, extract roots, extracted, extrude, exuviae, exuviate, fabricate, fabricated, face, facial appearance, faction, farrow, fashion, fashioned, fastball, fat part, favor, fawn, feather, feature, features, feeder, feeling for, fetch about, fiber, figuration, figure, figure in, figure out, fire, fire at, first string, first team, five, fix, flame, flash, flavor, fleet, fling, fling at, flip, foal, foaled, foot, forecast, foretelling, forge, forged, fork, form, formalize, format, formation, formed, formulate, formulation, forward pass, found, four-tailed bandage, frame, fudge together, gang, garb, gate, gathered, gauze, genius, genre, genus, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, get up, give away, give birth, give the hook, given birth, giving birth, glance, gleam, glimpse, go about, grain, grave, group, grouping, groupment, grown, guise, gust, gybe, habit, half an eye, hallmark, handcrafted, handmade, harvested, hatched, have, have a baby, have young, heave, heave at, heave out, heave round, heavy, hero, heroine, heterotropia, hew, hint, homemade, homespun, hue, humor, humors, hurl, hurl against, hurl at, hurtle, idea, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, ilk, impress, impression, in-group, inclination, incline, incurve, index, indite, individualism, ingenue, ingot, inner form, insculpture, intaglio, intend, intimation, irregularity, jerk, jettison, jibe, jibe all standing, jilt, junk, junta, key, keynote, kick downstairs, kick out, kidney, kin, kind, kitten, knead, knock out, knuckleball, label, labor, lamb, lance, last, lateral, lateral pass, launch, lay, lay out, lay plans, layout, lead, lead role, leading lady, leading man, leading woman, leaning, leave, let fly, let fly at, level, liability, lick, lick into shape, lie in, liking, line, lineaments, lines, lint, lister, litter, lob, look, look for, looks, lot, machine-made, machined, made, made to order, make, make a projection, make arrangements, make up, makeup, man-made, manner, mannerism, manufacture, manufactured, marble, mark, marking, maroon, matrix, mature, measure, mental set, methodize, mettle, mien, milled, mind, mind-set, mined, mint, miss stays, mob, mobile, modality, mode, model, mold, molded, molding, molt, mould, movement, multiply, name, natural, natural color, nature, nee, negative, newborn, nick, nine, nominate, number, obtrude, odor, on, organize, oust, out-group, outcurve, outfit, oxidate, oxidize, pack, pallor, parch, part, part with, particularity, party, pass, patch together, pattern, peculiarity, peek, peep, peer group, peg, pelt, penchant, person, personage, persuasion, phalanx, phylum, physiognomy, physique, pick, piece, piece together, pig, pitch, pitchfork, plan, plan ahead, plank, plaster, plaster cast, platoon, pledget, plop, plump, plunk, ply, point, port, posse, posture, poultice, prearrange, predilection, predisposition, prefab, prefabricate, prefabricated, preference, prejudice, prepare, presence, prevision, probability, processed, proclivity, produce, product, prognosis, prognostication, program, project, proneness, propensity, property, prophecy, protagonist, prototype, puke, punch, pup, put, put about, put back, put out, put the shot, put together, put up, pyrolyze, quality, quantity, quick sight, quirk, race, raise, raised, rapid glance, rationalize, readiness, ready-for-wear, ready-formed, ready-made, ready-prepared, ready-to-wear, rear, reckon, reckoning, refined, regiment, regulus, reject, relinquish, remove, repertory company, reserves, role, roll, roller, roller bandage, rough out, roughcast, roughhew, round a point, rowing crew, rubber bandage, run up, salon, savor, scatter, schedule, schematize, scintilla, scorch, score, scrap, screwball, sculp, sculpt, sculpture, seal, sear, search for, second string, second team, seek, select, send, sensitivity to, serve, service, set, set up, shade, shadow, shape, shaped, shed, sheer, sheet metal, shift, shipwreck, shoe last, shot, shot-put, shy, shy at, side, significant form, singe, singularity, sinker, sip, skin color, slant, slap, slew, slider, sling, sling at, slough, smack, smattering, smell, smelted, snap, soft spot, solder, somatotype, sort, soubrette, soupcon, sow, spark, specialty, species, spew, spirit, spitball, spitter, splint, sponge, sprinkling, squad, squinch, squint, squiz, stabile, stable, stamp, stance, statue, stillborn, stock company, strabismus, straight part, strain, streak, string, stripe, structure, stupe, style, subtract, suchness, suggestion, sum, summate, summation, sup, supporting cast, supporting character, supporting role, surrender, susceptibility, suspicion, swerve, swing round, swing the stern, swinge, system, systematize, tack, tailor, taint, take account of, tale, tally, tampon, tang, tape, taste, team, temper, temperament, template, tendency, tenor, tent, terra cotta, the bottom line, the like of, the likes of, the story, the whole story, thermoform, third string, thought, throw, throw about, throw at, throw away, throw off, throw out, throw over, throw overboard, throw up, thrust, thrust out, tilt, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, title role, token, tone, torrefy, toss, toss at, toss out, toss overboard, tot, total, tote, touch, tourniquet, trace, train, trait, traits, travail, triangular bandage, tribe, trick, troop, tropism, troupe, turn, turn back, turn of mind, turn out, twist, type, undercolor, upchuck, upcurve, upward strabismus, variety, varsity, veer, vein, vesicate, villain, visage, vulcanize, walk-on, walking part, walleye, warp, way, weakness, wear, wear ship, weird, weld, well-built, well-constructed, well-made, whelp, whelped, whole, whomp up, willingness, wind, wing, wink, work, work out, work up, write, x number, yaw, yean, yield

ROGET THESAURUS

Cast

Rejection

VB reject, set aside, lay aside, give up, decline, exclude, except, pluck, spin, cast, repudiate, scout, set at naught, fling to the winds, fling to the dogs, fling overboard, fling away, cast to the winds, cast to the dogs, cast overboard, cast away, throw to the winds, throw to the dogs, throw overboard, throw away, toss to the winds, toss to the dogs, toss overboard, toss away, send to the right about, disclaim, discard.

Plan

VB plan, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch, devise, invent, set one's wits to work, spring a project, fall upon, hit upon, strike out, chalk out, cut out, lay out, map out, lay down a plan, shape out a course, mark out a course, predetermine, concert, preconcert, preestablish, prepare, hatch, hatch a plot concoct, take steps, take measures, cast, recast, systematize, organize, arrange, digest, mature, plot, counter-plot, counter-mine, dig a mine, lay a train, intrigue.

Copy

N copy, facsimile, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness, image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype, photo offset, electrotype, imitation, model, representation, adumbration, study, portrait, resemblance, duplicate, reproduction, cast, tracing, reflex, reflexion, reflection, shadow, echo, transcript, transcription, recording, scan, chip off the old block, reprint, new printing, rechauffe, apograph, fair copy, parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie, paraphrase, derivative, derivation, modification, expansion, extension, revision, second edition, servile copy, servile imitation, plagiarism, counterfeit, fake, pasticcio, faithful, lifelike, close, conscientious, unoriginal, imitative, derivative.

Smallness

N smallness, littleness, tenuity, paucity, fewness, meanness, insignificance (unimportance), mediocrity, moderation, small quantity, modicum, trace, hint, minimum, vanishing point, material point, atom, particle, molecule, corpuscle, point, speck, dot, mote, jot, iota, ace, minutiae, details, look, thought, idea, soupcon, dab, dight, whit, tittle, shade, shadow, spark, scintilla, gleam, touch, cast, grain, scruple, granule, globule, minim, sup, sip, sop, spice, drop, droplet, sprinkling, dash, morceau, screed, smack, tinge, tincture, inch, patch, scantling, tatter, cantlet, flitter, gobbet, mite, bit, morsel, crumb, seed, fritter, shive, snip, snippet, snick, snack, snatch, slip, scrag, chip, chipping, shiver, sliver, driblet, clipping, paring, shaving, hair, nutshell, thimbleful, spoonful, handful, capful, mouthful, fragment, fraction, drop in the ocean, animalcule, trifle, mere nothing, next to nothing, hardly anything, just enough to swear by, the shadow of a shade, finiteness, finite quantity, small, little, diminutive, minute, fine, inconsiderable, paltry, faint, slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited, meager, sparing, few, low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes, below par, under par, below the mark, at a low ebb, halfway, moderate, modest, tender, subtle, inappreciable, evanescent, infinitesimal, homeopathic, very small, atomic, corpuscular, microscopic, molecular, subatomic, mere, simple, sheer, stark, bare, near run, dull, petty, shallow, stolid, ungifted, unintelligent, to a small extent, on a small scale, a little bit, a wee bit, slightly, imperceptibly, miserably, wretchedly, insufficiently, imperfectly, faintly, passably, pretty well, well enough, partially, in part, in a certain degree, to a certain degree, to a certain extent, comparatively, some, rather in some degree, in some measure, something, somewhat, simply, only, purely, merely, at least, at the least, at most, at the most, ever so little, as little as may be, tant soit peu, in ever so small a degree, thus far, pro tanto, within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak, almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but, near upon, close upon, peu s'en faut, near the mark, within an ace of, within an inch of, on the brink of, scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than, about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say, be the same, be little more or less, no ways, no way, no wise, not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow, in no wise, in no respect, by no means, by no manner of means, on no account, at no hand, dare pondus idonea fumo, magno conatu magnas nugas, small sands the mountain, moments make the year.

Dispersion

VB disperse, scatter, sow, broadcast, disseminate, diffuse, shed, spread, bestrew, overspread, dispense, disband, disembody, dismember, distribute, apportion, blow off, let out, dispel, cast forth, draught off, strew, straw, strow, ted, spirtle, cast, sprinkle, issue, deal out, retail, utter, resperse, intersperse, set abroach, circumfuse, turn adrift, cast adrift, scatter to the winds, spread like wildfire, disperse themselves.

Giving

VB deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of, hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over, assign dower, present, give away, dispense, dispose of, give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out, pay, render, impart, communicate, concede, cede, yield, part with, shed, cast, spend, give, bestow, confer, grant, accord, award, assign, intrust, consign, vest in, make a present, allow, contribute, subscribe, furnish its quota, invest, endow, settle upon, bequeath, leave, devise, furnish, supply, help, administer to, afford, spare, accommodate with, indulge with, favor with, shower down upon, lavish, pour on, thrust upon, tip, bribe, tickle the palm, grease the palm, offer, sacrifice, immolate.

Apportionment

VB apportion, divide, distribute, administer, dispense, billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete, portion out, parcel out, dole out, deal, carve, allocate, ration, ration out, assign, separate, partition, assign, appropriate, appoint, come in for one's share.

Affections

N affections, affect, character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone, temper, temperament, diathesis, idiosyncrasy, cast of mind, cast of soul, habit of mind, habit of soul, frame of mind, frame of soul, predilection, turn, natural turn of mind, bent, bias, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, propensity, propenseness, propension, propendency, vein, humor, mood, grain, mettle, sympathy, soul, heart, breast, bosom, inner man, heart's core, heart's strings, heart's blood, heart of hearts, bottom of one's heart, penetralia mentis, secret and inmost recesses of the heart, cockles of one's heart, inmost heart, inmost soul, backbone, passion, pervading spirit, ruling passion, master passion, furore, fullness of the heart, heyday of the blood, flesh and blood, flow of soul, energy, fervor, fire, force, affected, characterized, formed, molded, cast, attempered, tempered, framed, predisposed, prone, inclined, having a bias, tinctured with, imbued with, penetrated with, eaten up with, inborn, inbred, ingrained, deep-rooted, ineffaceable, inveterate, pathoscopic, congenital, dyed in the wool, implanted by nature, inherent, in the grain, affective, in one's heart, at heart, heart and soul, affection is a coal that must be cool'd else suffe.

Condemnation

VB condemn, convict, cast, bring home to, find guilty, damn, doom, sign the death warrant, sentence, pass sentence on, attaint, confiscate, proscribe, sequestrate, nonsuit, disapprove, accuse, stand condemned.

Tendency

N tendency, aptness, aptitude, proneness, proclivity, bent, turn, tone, bias, set, leaning to, predisposition, inclination, propensity, susceptibility, conatus, nisus, liability, quality, nature, temperament, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, cast, vein, grain, humor, mood, drift, conduciveness, conducement, applicability, subservience, tending, conducive, working towards, in a fair way to, calculated to, liable, subservient, useful, subsidiary, for, whither.

Form

N form, figure, shape, conformation, configuration, make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib, stamp, type, cast, mold, fashion, contour, structure, plasmature, feature, lineament, turn, phase, posture, attitude, pose, morphism, isomorphism, forming, formation, figuration, efformation, sculpture, plasmation, formed, plastic, fictile, formative, fluid, plasmic, isomorphous, pleomorphic, protean, changeable.

VB form, shape, figure, fashion, efform, carve, cut, chisel, hew, cast, rough hew, rough cast, sketch, block out, hammer out, trim, lick into shape, put into shape, model, knead, work up into, set, mold, sculpture, cast, stamp, build, form, shape, figure, fashion, efform, carve, cut, chisel, hew, cast, rough hew, rough cast, sketch, block out, hammer out, trim, lick into shape, put into shape, model, knead, work up into, set, mold, sculpture, cast, stamp, build.

Propulsion

VB propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl, flirt, fillip, dart, lance, tilt, ejaculate, jaculate, fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork, send, send off, let off, fire off, discharge, shoot, launch, release, send forth, let fly, put in orbit, send into orbit, launch into orbit dash, put in motion, set in motion, set agoing, start, give a start, give an impulse to, impel, trundle, expel, carry one off one's legs, put to flight.

Depression

VB depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg, cast, let drop, let fall, sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude, pitch, precipitate, overthrow, overturn, overset, upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell, cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down, raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground, trample in the dust, pull about one's ears, sit, sit down, couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow, courtesy, curtsy, bob, duck, dip, kneel, bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head, cower, recline.

Color

N color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush, tone, key, pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive complementary color, three primaries, spectrum, chromatic dispersion, broken color, secondary color, tertiary color, local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective, chromatics, spectrum analysis, spectroscopy, chromatism, chromatography, chromatology, prism, spectroscope, spectrograph, spectrometer, colorimeter (optical instruments), pigment, coloring matter, paint, dye, wash, distemper, stain, medium, mordant, oil paint, colored, colorific, tingent, tinctorial, chromatic, prismatic, full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored, doubly-dyed, polychromatic, chromatogenous, tingible, bright, vivid, intense, deep, fresh, unfaded, rich, gorgeous, gay, gaudy, florid, gay, garish, rainbow-colored, multihued, showy, flaunting, flashy, raw, crude, glaring, flaring, discordant, inharmonious, mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined.

Appearance

N appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil, lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau, display, exposure, mise en sc ne, rising of the curtain, phantasm, phantom, pageant, spectacle, peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show, ombres chinoises, magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views, biograph, cinematograph, moving pictures, panorama, diorama, cosmorama, georama, coup de theatre, jeu de theatre, pageantry, insignia, aspect, angle, phase, phasis, seeming, shape, guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor, presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing, point of view, light, lineament feature trait lines, outline, outside, contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz, cast of countenance, profile, tournure, cut of one s jib, metoposcopy, outside, apparent, seeming, ostensible, on view, apparently, to all seeming, to all appearance, ostensibly, seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it, prima facie, at the first blush, at first sight, in the eyes of, to the eye, editio princeps.

Sculpture

N sculpture, insculpture, carving, statuary, high relief, low relief, bas relief, relief, relieve, bassorilievo, altorilievo, mezzorilievo, intaglio, anaglyph, medal, medallion, cameo, marble, bronze, terra cotta, papier-mache, ceramic ware, pottery, porcelain, china, earthenware, cloisonne, enamel, faience, Laocoon, satsuma, statue, cast, glyptotheca, sculptured, v, in relief, anaglyptic, ceroplastic, ceramic, parian, marble, xanthian.

VB sculpture, carve, cut, chisel, model, mold, cast.