cast+off+(verb)

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• cast off — verb Date: 1575 transitive verb 1. loose < cast off a hunting dog > 2. unfasten < cast off a boat > 3. to remove (a stitch) from a knitting needle in such a way as to prevent unraveling …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cast off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you cast off something, you get rid of it because it is no longer necessary or useful to you, or because it is harmful to you. [LITERARY] → See also cast off [V P n (not pron)] The essay exhorts women to cast off their… …   English dictionary

• cast off — phrasal verb Word forms cast off : present tense I/you/we/they cast off he/she/it casts off present participle casting off past tense cast off past participle cast off 1) [transitive] to get rid of someone or something It took many years for… …   English dictionary

• cast-off — /ˈkast ɒf/ (say kahst of) adjective 1. thrown away; rejected; discarded: cast off clothing. –noun 2. a person or thing that has been cast off, especially an article of clothing. 3. Printing an estimate of the amount of space that a length of copy …  

• cast off — phr verb Cast off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑stitch …   Collocations dictionary

• cast off — verb 1. get rid of (Freq. 1) he shed his image as a pushy boss shed your clothes • Syn: ↑shed, ↑cast, ↑shake off, ↑throw, ↑throw off, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• cast off — verb a) To discard or reject something. b) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf etc) so that the vessel may proceed …   Wiktionary

• ˌcast ˈoff — phrasal verb to remove the rope that is fastening your boat to the land, so that you can sail away …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• cast on — verb make the first row of stitches when knitting • Ant: ↑cast off • Topics: ↑handicraft • Hypernyms: ↑sew, ↑run up, ↑sew together, ↑stitch …   Useful english dictionary

• cast — ► VERB (past and past part. cast) 1) throw forcefully or so as to spread over an area. 2) cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface. 3) direct (one s eyes or thoughts) towards something. 4) express: journalists cast doubt on this account. 5) …   English terms dictionary

• cast — 1 verb past tense and past participle cast 1 cast (a) light on/onto a) to provide new information which makes something easier to understand: research findings that cast new light on the origin of our universe b) literary to send light onto a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English