castaway

adj, noun — 6 senses

castaway

adj

US /ˈkæs.tə.weɪ/ · UK /ˈkɑːstəweɪ/

Etymology Deverbal from cast away.

1

Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.

After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.

2

Shipwrecked.

The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island.

3

Cast out; rejected or excluded from a group.

castaway

noun

Etymology Deverbal from cast away.

1

Nautical, Transport A shipwrecked sailor.

Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway.

2

A discarded person or thing.

This old coat was a castaway in someone's trash.

3

An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.

These homeless people are society's castaways.

Derived terms: Blastaway, Lostaway
Related terms: cast away

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