Antonyms for casting

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kas-ting, kah-sting

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæs tɪŋ, ˈkɑ stɪŋ

Definition of casting

Origin : c.1300, "a throwing; late 14c., "a metal casting, a product of a cast;" verbal noun from cast (v.). Theatrical sense is from 1814. Casting couch in the naughty-Hollywood sense is from 1948.

verb throw aside
verb emit, give
verb calculate
verb select for activity

Example sentences :

Casting from us our own faults first, let us cast from us and from him our neighbor's also.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

He glanced about the room, casting his eyes critically at the books.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

And, casting his long arms about her, he strove to draw her to him.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

And, casting the pen down, he turned his stool round impatiently.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

And casting about for an excuse, he grasped at the most sovereign solace he knew of.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

He was blandly tapping his fingers on the table, and casting his eyes up at the window.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

I stayed with her, casting displeased and furtive glances at the Prince.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

His mother was casting the first handful of meal into the pot.
Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald

Casting her eyes upon him for an instant, she withdrew, and left him there alone.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

She was the Knigin Luise, and the things she was casting overboard were mines.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various

Synonyms for casting

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