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cast — [kast, käst] vt. cast, casting [ME casten < ON kasta, to throw] 1. a) to put, deposit, or throw with force or violence; fling; hurl b) to give vent to as if by throwing [to cast aspersions] 2. to deposit (a ballot); register (a vote) … English World dictionary
CAST IRON — Wrought iron began to appear in India around 1800 BC, and iron smelting is first found in the Nok culture on the African continent by 1200 BC. Iron had gradually replaced bronze, probably after a tin shortage and the higher cost of copper… … Historical Dictionary of Architecture
cast — Synonyms and related words: 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 … Moby Thesaurus
cast up — {v.}, {literary} 1. To turn or direct upward; raise. * /The dying missionary cast up his eyes to heaven and prayed./ 2. {archaic} To do sums; do a problem in addition; add. * /Cast up 15, 43, 27, and 18./ * /When John had all the figures, he cast … Dictionary of American idioms
cast up — {v.}, {literary} 1. To turn or direct upward; raise. * /The dying missionary cast up his eyes to heaven and prayed./ 2. {archaic} To do sums; do a problem in addition; add. * /Cast up 15, 43, 27, and 18./ * /When John had all the figures, he cast … Dictionary of American idioms
cast\ up — v literary 1. To turn or direct upward; raise. The dying missionary cast up his eyes to heaven and prayed. 2. archaic To do sums; do a problem in addition; add. Cast up 15, 43, 27, and 18. When John had all the figures, he cast them up … Словарь американских идиом
up|cast — «UHP KAST, KAHST», adjective, noun. –adj. turned or directed upward. –n. 1. the act of casting or state of being cast upward. 2. something that is cast or thrown up, such as in digging a trench or pit. 3. the shaft by which the ventilating air of … Useful english dictionary
back|cast — «BAK KAST, KAHST», noun. 1. a throw or cast to the rear. 2. the upward and backward motion of the fishing rod, line, and fly or other lure that immediately precedes a cast … Useful english dictionary
look# — look vb 1 *see, watch Analogous words: *gaze, gape, stare, glare, peer: *scrutinize, scan, inspect, examine 2 *seem, appear Analogous words: indicate, betoken, bespeak: * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
