casting
casting Lexical Profile
casting Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The process of selecting actors, dancers, or other performers for roles in a play, film, or television production.
"The director spent three weeks in New York overseeing the casting for the new Broadway musical."
An object made by pouring molten metal, liquid plaster, or plastic into a mold and allowing it to solidify, or the industrial process of making such objects.
"The museum displayed an intricate bronze casting created by a sixteenth-century sculptor."
The act or technique of throwing a fishing line and bait out into the water using a rod and reel.
"Fly-fishing requires hours of practice to master the rhythm and precision of casting."
Undigested material, soil, or waste matter ejected by an animal, such as the nutrient-rich earth excreted by earthworms or an indigestible pellet regurgitated by a bird of prey.
"Gardeners prize earthworm castings as a natural fertilizer that improves soil aeration and moisture retention."
• Rhymes for casting
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the Middle English verb 'casten', which was borrowed from the Old Norse 'kasta', meaning to throw or hurl, combined with the native English gerund suffix '-ing'.