To drive out; to expel.

(transitive, idiomatic) to discard

A process in which damaged paper is repaired by means of wetting the old paper in a cast and concurrently aging pulp to the damaged part or parts.

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 plaster cast

plural of cast fossil