casting
nounUS /ˈkæstɪŋ/ · UK /ˈkɑːstɪŋ/
Etymology From Middle English castyng, castinge, equivalent to cast + -ing.
7 senses
- 1The act or process of selecting actors, singers…
- 2A manufacturing process using a mold.
- 3An object made in a mold.
- 4The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other…
- 5The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
- 6The act of converting between data types.
- 7Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent.
1
The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
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 casting was turned out.1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 343:
4
Falconry, Hobbies, Hunting, Lifestyle 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 for these two days.[…]”1820, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 83:
5
The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
6
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences The act of converting between data types.
7
Hobbies, Hunting, Lifestyle 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 me."1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 77:
- Derived terms
34 terms
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, rheocasting, robocasting, runecasting, shadowcasting, shame-casting, slipcasting, spellcasting, stunt casting, surf casting, surf-casting