(transitive) to wash something onto the shore. / (transitive, dated) to compute. / (transitive) to bring up as a reproach. / (transitive, somewhat archaic) to construct by digging.

To drive out; to expel.

(transitive, idiomatic) to discard

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cast, shadow. / (idiomatic, figuratively, of an event, often a tragic one) To dampen future events.

(sculpture) a cast made from a mould taken from an already completed sculpture. The after-cast is often smaller and less detailed than the original.

(surgery) A cast made of a stiff material (often plaster of Paris and gauze) in order to immobilize a broken bone for the period of healing. / A copy of a piece of art or other object cast in plaster.

A fossil formed when an animal, plant, or other organism dies, its flesh decays and bones deteriorate due to chemical reactions; minerals gradually enter into the cavity, resulting in a cast, which is in the general form of the original organism.

(transitive with on or over) To spoil (something); to cast a feeling of gloom (over something).

plural of cast fossil

(transitive) To abandon a ship at sea / (transitive) To place a person in a ship's boat or raft and leave them