casting

KAS-ting/ˈkæstɪŋ/UKKAHS-ting/ˈkɑːstɪŋ/

Pluralcastings

8 meanings of casting

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1
nouncountable or uncountable
The job of choosing actors, singers, or dancers for a show or movie.
Like choosing players for a sports team.
The casting for the new film took several months.
Good casting can make or break a play.
2
nouncountable or uncountable
A way of making objects by pouring hot liquid metal into a mold.
Like making ice cubes by pouring water into a tray and letting it harden.
Casting is how the factory shapes its metal parts.
The old church bell was made by casting.
Similarmolding
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3
nouncountable
A solid object that was shaped by pouring liquid metal into a mold.
Like an ice cube after it comes out of the tray.
The bronze casting weighed nearly fifty pounds.
Workers polished the castings before shipping them.
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4
verb
Present participle of cast. Use this form for an action that is happening now.
The crew is casting the new movie this week.
He is casting a long shadow across the lawn.
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5
nouncountable or uncountable
Changing a piece of data from one type to another in a computer program.
Like changing a number written as text into a real number you can add.
Casting turns a whole number into a decimal value.
The bug came from incorrect casting between two types.
Similarconversion, coercion
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6
nouncountable or uncountable
When hunting dogs spread out to search for an animal's scent.
Like children spreading out to look for a lost ball in a big yard.
The casting of the hounds covered the whole valley.
A wide casting helped the pack pick up the fox's trail.
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7
nouncountable or uncountable
When a hawk brings up fur and feathers it cannot digest, to clean out its crop.
Like a cat coughing up a hairball.
The falconer checked for a casting each morning.
A healthy casting means the bird's crop is clean.
Similarpellet
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8
nouncountable or uncountable
The waste that an earthworm leaves behind as it moves through the soil.
Like a natural plant food made by worms.
Casting from earthworms enriches the soil with nutrients.
She spread fresh casting around the base of each plant.
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casting is a form of cast

cast, verb: To choose an actor for a part in a play or film. Full entry

Forms: cast also past tense, past participlecasts he/she/itcasting -ing form
Spelling: cast → casting: add -ing

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Origins

Meaning 4

From Middle English castynge, from the word cast plus -ing.

Meanings 1–3, 5–8

From Middle English castyng, from the word cast plus -ing.