Synonyms for cast back

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kast, kahst

Phonetic Transcription : kæst, kɑst

Définition of cast back

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 reflected : adj mirrored

Example sentences :

Cast back one on each side of the bed, burning and bruised, they began to sob.
Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola

In her hand she held an object that cast back the light of the dying fire.
Extract from : « Hour of Enchantment » by Roy J. Snell

One saw it from the glances they cast back at a pair of passing vultures.
Extract from : « Christ Legends » by Selma Lagerlf

This was how his generous intention was cast back upon his hands.
Extract from : « Hester, Volume 3 (of 3) » by Margaret Oliphant

I have, though somewhat reluctantly, cast back to the original form.
Extract from : « English Fairy Tales » by Anonymous

They would then cast back to the point where they had lost the scent.
Extract from : « Samba » by Herbert Strang

We cast back on Mr. Wilson his insolent and slanderous interpretation.
Extract from : « George Brown » by John Lewis

The eyes saw it not: in reality they were cast back to where his mind was—the past.
Extract from : « Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles » by Mrs. Henry Wood

He was but cast back on the morning's portion, then of fair sufficiency, but now oh!
Extract from : « The Unknown Sea » by Clemence Housman

After Appomattox they were cast back into a worse isolation than they had ever known.
Extract from : « Our Southern Highlanders » by Horace Kephart

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