Fling vs. Cast
Flingnoun
An act of throwing, often violently.
Flingnoun
An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
Flingnoun
An act or period of unrestrained indulgence.
Flingnoun
A short casual sexual relationship.
Flingnoun
(figuratively) An attempt, a try (as in "give it a fling").
Flingnoun
(obsolete) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe or taunt.
Flingnoun
A lively Scottish country dance.
Flingnoun
(obsolete) A trifling matter; an object of contempt.
Flingverb
(transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
Flingverb
To throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.
Flingverb
To throw; to wince; to flounce.
Flingverb
To utter abusive language; to sneer.
Flingverb
To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.
Flingverb
To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
Flingverb
To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation.
Flingverb
To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling.
Flingverb
To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling.
Flingverb
To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.
Flingnoun
A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse.
Flingnoun
A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
Flingnoun
A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.
Flingnoun
A trifing matter; an object of contempt.
Flingnoun
a short period during which one indulges one's wishes, whims, or desires in an unrestrained manner.
Flingnoun
a love affair.
Flingnoun
a casual or brief attempt to accomplish something.
Flingnoun
a period during which one tries a new activity; as, he took a fling at playing tennis.
Flingnoun
a usually brief attempt;
Flingnoun
a brief indulgence of your impulses
Flingnoun
the act of flinging
Flingverb
throw with force or recklessness;
Flingverb
move in an abrupt or headlong manner;
Flingverb
indulge oneself;
Flingverb
throw or cast away;
Flingverb
throw or hurl forcefully
Flingverb
move or push (something) suddenly or violently
Flingverb
start or engage in (an activity or enterprise) with great energy and enthusiasm
Flingverb
go quickly and angrily
Flingnoun
a short period of enjoyment or wild behaviour
Flingnoun
a short, spontaneous sexual relationship
Flingnoun
short for Highland fling
Castverb
(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
Castverb
To throw.
Castverb
To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
Castverb
Specifically, to throw down or aside.
Castverb
(of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
Castverb
To cause (a horse or other large animal) to lie down with its legs underneath it.
Castverb
To remove, take off (clothes).
Castverb
(nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
Castverb
(obsolete) To vomit.
Castverb
(archaic) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
Castverb
(archaic) To throw out or emit; to exhale.
Castverb
To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
Castverb
(dated) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
Castverb
(social) To predict, to decide, to plan.
Castverb
(astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
Castverb
(obsolete) To plan, intend.
Castverb
(transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).
Castverb
(transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
Castverb
To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
Castverb
(archaic) To impose; to bestow; to rest.
Castverb
(archaic) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict.
Castverb
To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
Castverb
To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
Castverb
To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
Castverb
(archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.
Castverb
To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
Castverb
To stereotype or electrotype.
Castverb
To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
Castverb
(nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
Castverb
To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
Castverb
(computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
Castverb
(hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
Castverb
(medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
Castverb
(Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
Castnoun
An act of throwing.
Castnoun
Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
Castnoun
A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
Castnoun
The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
Castnoun
The casting procedure.
Castnoun
An object made in a mould.
Castnoun
A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
Castnoun
The mould used to make cast objects.
Castnoun
(hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
Castnoun
A squint.
Castnoun
Visual appearance.
Castnoun
The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
Castnoun
An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.
Castnoun
Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
Castnoun
A group of crabs.
Castverb
To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
Castverb
To direct or turn, as the eyes.
Castverb
To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
Castverb
To throw down, as in wrestling.
Castverb
To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
Castverb
To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
Castverb
To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
Castverb
To throw out or emit; to exhale.
Castverb
To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
Castverb
To impose; to bestow; to rest.
Castverb
To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.
Castverb
To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.
Castverb
To contrive; to plan.
Castverb
To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
Castverb
To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
Castverb
To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
Castverb
To stereotype or electrotype.
Castverb
To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
Castverb
To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
Castverb
To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
Castverb
To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
Castverb
To calculate; to compute.
Castverb
To receive form or shape in a mold.
Castverb
To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
Castverb
To vomit.
Cast
3d pers. pres. of Cast, for Casteth.
Castnoun
The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
Castnoun
The thing thrown.
Castnoun
The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
Castnoun
A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
Castnoun
That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.
Castnoun
The act of casting in a mold.
Castnoun
An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
Castnoun
That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.
Castnoun
Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.
Castnoun
A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
Castnoun
A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.
Castnoun
The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
Castnoun
A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
Castnoun
A stoke, touch, or trick.
Castnoun
A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
Castnoun
A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
Castnoun
Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
Castnoun
Contrivance; plot, design.
Castnoun
the actors in a play
Castnoun
container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
Castnoun
the distinctive form in which a thing is made;
Castnoun
the visual appearance of something or someone;
Castnoun
bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
Castnoun
object formed by a mold
Castnoun
the act of throwing dice
Castnoun
the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
Castnoun
a violent throw
Castverb
put or send forth;
Castverb
deposit;
Castverb
select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet;
Castverb
throw forcefully
Castverb
assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors;
Castverb
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;
Castverb
form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold;
Castverb
get rid of;
Castverb
choose at random;
Castverb
formulate in a particular style or language;
Castverb
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;
Castadjective
(of molten metal or glass) formed by pouring or pressing into a mold
Castverb
throw (something) forcefully in a specified direction
Castverb
throw the hooked and baited end of (a fishing line) out into the water.
Castverb
let down (an anchor or sounding line).
Castverb
direct (one's eyes or a look) at something
Castverb
cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface
Castverb
cause (uncertainty or disparagement) to be associated with something
Castverb
discard
Castverb
shed (skin or horns) in the process of growth
Castverb
(of a horse) lose (a shoe).
Castverb
shape (metal or other material) by pouring it into a mould while molten
Castverb
make (a moulded object) by casting metal
Castverb
arrange and present in a specified form or style
Castverb
register (a vote)
Castverb
cause (a magic spell) to take effect
Castverb
calculate and record details of (a horoscope)
Castverb
(in country dancing) change one's position by moving a certain number of places in a certain direction along the outside of the line in which one is dancing
Castverb
(of a dog) search in different directions for a lost scent
Castverb
let loose (hounds) on a scent
Castverb
immobilize (an animal, especially a cow) by using a rope to cause it to fall on its side.
Castverb
assign a part in a play or film to (an actor)
Castverb
allocate parts in (a play or film)
Castnoun
an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mould
Castnoun
a mould used to make an object by casting
Castnoun
a bandage stiffened with plaster of Paris, moulded to the shape of a limb that is broken and used to support and protect it
Castnoun
an act of throwing something forcefully
Castnoun
a throw of a fishing line
Castnoun
the leader of a fishing line.
Castnoun
a throw or a number thrown at dice
Castnoun
the form or appearance of something, especially someone's features or complexion
Castnoun
the character of something
Castnoun
a slight squint
Castnoun
short for worm cast
Castnoun
a pellet regurgitated by a hawk or owl.
Castnoun
a wide search made by a hound or pack of hounds to find a trail.
Castnoun
a wide sweep made by a sheepdog in mustering sheep.
Castnoun
a pair or group of hawks or falcons
Castnoun
the actors taking part in a play, film, or other production
