# casting

Pronunciation: US say "KAS-ting" /ˈkæstɪŋ/; UK say "KAHS-ting" /ˈkɑːstɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, or models for roles or parts.
   - Simple: The job of choosing actors, singers, or dancers for a show or movie.
   - _The director was praised for the casting of the lead role._
   - _Casting for the musical drew hundreds of hopeful performers._
2. A manufacturing process that forms objects by pouring molten material into a mold and letting it solidify.
   - Simple: A way of making objects by pouring hot liquid metal into a mold.
   - _Casting allows manufacturers to produce complex shapes at low cost._
   - _The sculptor learned bronze casting at art school._
3. An object formed by pouring molten material into a mold and letting it harden.
   - Simple: A solid object that was shaped by pouring liquid metal into a mold.
   - _The museum displayed a delicate silver casting from the eighteenth century._
   - _Several castings cracked during cooling and had to be remade._
5. The act of converting a value from one data type to another.
   - Simple: Changing a piece of data from one type to another in a computer program.
   - _Casting a float to an integer drops the fractional part._
   - _Implicit casting can introduce subtle bugs in large codebases._
6. The act of hounds spreading out to search for a scent.
   - Simple: When hunting dogs spread out to search for an animal's scent.
   - _The huntsman allowed the pack a few minutes of casting before the chase resumed._
   - _Skilled casting let the hounds recover the lost line quickly._
7. The regurgitation by a hawk of fur, feathers, and other indigestible material to clean and empty its crop.
   - Simple: When a hawk brings up fur and feathers it cannot digest, to clean out its crop.
   - _Falconers examine the casting to judge a hawk's condition._
   - _The bird produced a firm casting the morning after its meal._
8. The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature, deposited as it burrows through the soil.
   - Simple: The waste that an earthworm leaves behind as it moves through the soil.
   - _Worm casting is prized by organic gardeners as a soil conditioner._
   - _The bed was rich with earthworm casting after a season of composting._

## Verb

4. Present participle and gerund of cast. — present participle and gerund of cast
   - Simple: Present participle of cast. Use this form for an action that is happening now.
   - _The foundry is casting metal parts around the clock._
   - _She kept casting glances toward the door all evening._

## Origin

**Meaning 4** — From Middle English castynge (also castand), made from cast plus the suffix -ing.
**Meanings 1–3, 5–8** — From Middle English castyng (also castinge), made from cast plus the suffix -ing.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/casting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).