casting

The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.

Noun

  1. The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.

    Synonyms: audition

  2. A manufacturing process using a mold.
  3. An object made in a mold.
    • The practice of casting steel seems the most difficult of all the foundry arts, for despite every care, a percentage of the work is liable to be faulty and disappointing, but at Crewe, generally, a very good class of...
  4. The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.
    • “What, ho! sir knave,” exclaimed Roland, “is it thus you feed the eyasse with unwashed meat, as if you were gorging the foul brancher of a worthless hoodie-crow, by the mass? and thou hast neglected its castings also...
  5. The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
  6. The act of converting between data types.
  7. Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent.
    • "The dogs were no sooner let loose, than the hare was afoot. This time there was no stopping or casting, but the hounds were soon in full cry, and after half-an-hour's run, the hare came dancing down the moor towards...

Origin

From Middle English castyng, castinge, equivalent to cast + -ing.

Forms

castings

Derived

baitcasting casting agent casting call casting-couch casting couch casting-net casting net casting vote casting weight central casting diecasting die-casting die casting gigacasting investment casting leafcasting leaf-casting leaf casting lifecasting linecasting lost-wax casting megacasting out of central casting ray casting

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of cast

Origin

From Middle English castynge, castand, equivalent to cast + -ing.