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cast

verb (THROW)
 
 
/kɑːst/ US  /kæst/ (cast, cast)

Definition

[T + adv/prep] literary to throw something: The knight cast the sword far out into the lake.Throwing [I or T] (in fishing) to throw something, such as a line, into the water to catch fish with: He cast the line to the middle of the river.FishingCommercial fishingThrowing
(Definition of cast verb (THROW) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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