Antonyms for casting away

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kast, kahst

Phonetic Transcription : kæst, kɑst

Definition of casting away

Origin : mid-13c., "a throw, an act of throwing," from cast (v.). In early use especially of dice, hence figurative uses relating to fortune or fate. Meaning "that which is cast" is from c.1550s. Meaning "dash or shade of color" is from c.1600. The sense of "a throw" carried an idea of "the form the thing takes after it has been thrown," which led to widespread and varied meanings, such as "group of actors in a play" (1630s). OED finds 42 distinct noun meaning and 83 verbal ones, with many sub-definitions. Many of the figurative senses converged in a general meaning "sort, kind, style" (mid-17c.). A cast in the eye (early 14c.) preserves the older verbal sense of "warp, turn."

As in maroon : verb abandon
As in spend : verb give, pay out
As in fritter : verb waste away

Example sentences :

"I am successful; but it seems to me I am casting away my own soul," she said to herself.
Extract from : « The Time of Roses » by L. T. Meade

He saved the sword with his left hand, casting away the shield.
Extract from : « God Wills It! » by William Stearns Davis

Estelle had doubtless placed it there, casting away its paper.
Extract from : « The Curved Blades » by Carolyn Wells

"So you are free," he said, casting away her hands from him, and standing back.
Extract from : « The Broken Gate » by Emerson Hough

"What say, we go in," suggested Frank, casting away the butt of his cigarette.
Extract from : « The Brimming Cup » by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Did you read the Trial of Westerfield for casting away his ship?
Extract from : « The Evil Genius » by Wilkie Collins

"No, my lady," she said, casting away the hand with quite a dramatic gesture.
Extract from : « Red Money » by Fergus Hume

As the steel prow slashed into the Argus, he braced himself and kept his feet under the shock, casting away his bow.
Extract from : « Queen of the Black Coast » by Robert E. Howard

If the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Extract from : « The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 » by Joseph Wild

For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Extract from : « The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 » by Joseph Wild

Synonyms for casting away

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