cast out

cast out
verb
1. expel from a community or group
• Syn: ↑banish, ↑ban, ↑ostracize, ↑ostracise, ↑shun, ↑blackball
• Derivationally related forms: ↑blackball (for: ↑blackball), ↑ostracism (for: ↑ostracise), ↑ostracism (for: ↑ostracize), ↑banishment (for: ↑banish)
• Hypernyms: ↑expel, ↑throw out, ↑kick out
• Verb Frames:
-

Somebody ——s somebody

2. throw or cast away
-

Put away your worries

• Syn:
• Derivationally related forms: ↑disposition (for: ↑dispose), ↑disposal (for: ↑dispose), ↑fling (for: ↑fling), ↑discard (for: ↑discard)
• Hypernyms: ↑get rid of, ↑remove
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
-

Somebody ——s something

* * *

transitive verb
: to drive out : banish, expel
chiefly Scotland : to fall out : quarrel

he cast out with his brother

* * *

cast out (Scot)
To quarrel
• • •
Main Entry: ↑cast

* * *

ˌcast ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they cast out he/she/it casts out present participle casting out past tense cast out past participle cast out] literary phrasal verb
to force someone or something to leave a place
Thesaurus: to force someone to leave a placesynonym
Main entry: cast

* * *

cast out [phrasal verb]
cast out (someone or something) or cast (someone or something) out : to force (someone or something) to go away

He was cast out of [=expelled from] the tribe.

They tried to cast out the spirits from the haunted house.

• • •
Main Entry: ↑cast

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу
Synonyms:
, , , / , , ,


Look at other dictionaries:

  • cast out — index condemn (ban), deport (banish), depose (remove), disinherit, dislocate, dislodge …   Law dictionary

  • cast out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms cast out : present tense I/you/we/they cast out he/she/it casts out present participle casting out past tense cast out past participle cast out literary to force someone or something to leave a place …   English dictionary

  • cast out — PHRASAL VERB To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them. [V P n (not pron)] One of the roles which science plays is that of casting out… …   English dictionary

  • cast out — {v.}, {formal} To force (someone) to go out or away; banish; expel. * /After the scandal, he was cast out of the best society./ Compare: CAST OFF(3) …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cast out — {v.}, {formal} To force (someone) to go out or away; banish; expel. * /After the scandal, he was cast out of the best society./ Compare: CAST OFF(3) …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cast\ out — v formal To force (someone) to go out or away; banish; expel. After the scandal, he was cast out of the best society. Compare: cast off(3) …   Словарь американских идиом

  • cast-out — /ˈkast aʊt/ (say kahst owt) adjective 1. rejected or discarded. –noun 2. a person or thing rejected or discarded. {derived from phrasal verb cast out. See cast (def. 73) …  

  • cast out — phr verb Cast out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑demon …   Collocations dictionary

  • cast out — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, abstract, alienate, ban, banish, bicker, blackball, boot out, bounce, cast, cast off, caterwaul, chuck, chuck out, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, cut, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, defenestrate …   Moby Thesaurus

  • cast out — v. throw away, cast away; drive out compellingly, expel from a group or a community …   English contemporary dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”