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6 VERB To cast doubt on something means to cause people to be unsure about it. □ [V n + on ] Last night a top criminal psychologist cast doubt on the theory.

7 VERB When you cast your vote in an election, you vote. □ [V n] About ninety-five per cent of those who cast their votes approve the new constitution. □ [V -ed] Gaviria had been widely expected to obtain well over half the votes cast.

8 VERB To cast something or someone somewhere means to throw them there. [LITERARY ] □ [V n prep] He gathered up the twigs and cast them into the fire. □ [have n V -ed prep] John had Maude and her son cast into a dungeon.

9 VERB To cast an object means to make it by pouring a liquid such as hot metal into a specially shaped container and leaving it there until it becomes hard. □ [V -ed + in ] …sculptures cast in bronze. [Also V n in n, V n]

10 N‑COUNT A cast is a model that has been made by pouring a liquid such as plaster or hot metal onto something or into something, so that when it hardens it has the same shape as that thing. □ [+ of ] An orthodontist took a cast of the inside of Billy's mouth.

11 N‑COUNT A cast is the same as a plaster cast .

12 → see also casting

13to cast aspersions → see aspersions

14the die is cast → see die

15to cast your mind back → see mind ➊

16to cast your net wider → see net ➊

▸  cast around for in BRIT, also use cast about for PHRASAL VERB If you cast around for something or cast about for it, you try to find it or think of it. □ [V P P n] She had been casting around for a good excuse to go to New York.

▸  cast aside PHRASAL VERB If you cast aside someone or something, you get rid of them because they are no longer necessary or useful to you. □ [V P n] Sweden needs to cast aside outdated policies and thinking.

▸  cast off

1 PHRASAL VERB If you cast off something, you get rid of it because it is no longer necessary or useful to you, or because it is harmful to you. [LITERARY ] □ [V P n] The essay exhorts women to cast off their servitude to husbands and priests. [Also V n P ]

2 PHRASAL VERB If you are on a boat and you cast off , you untie the rope that is keeping the boat in a fixed position. □ [V P ] He cast off, heading out to the bay.

cas|ta|nets /kæ stəne ts/ N‑PLURAL [oft a pair of N ] Castanets are a Spanish musical instrument consisting of two small round pieces of wood or plastic held together by a cord. You hold the castanets in your hand and knock the pieces together with your fingers.

cast|away /kɑː stəwe I , kæ st-/ (castaways ) N‑COUNT A castaway is a person who has managed to swim or float to a lonely island or shore after their boat has sunk.

caste /kɑː st, kæ st/ (castes )

1 N‑COUNT A caste is one of the traditional social classes into which people are divided in a Hindu society. □  Most of the upper castes worship the Goddess Kali.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Caste is the system of dividing people in a society into different social classes. □  The caste system shapes nearly every facet of Indian life.

cas|tel|lat|ed /kæ stəle I t I d/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A castellated wall or building looks like a castle. [TECHNICAL ] □  …a 19th-century castellated mansion.

cast|er /kɑː stə ^r , kæ stə ^r / → see castor

ca st|er sug|ar also castor sugar N‑UNCOUNT Caster sugar is white sugar that has been ground into fine grains. It is used in cooking. [BRIT ] in AM, use superfine sugar