cast+off

  • 11cast off — {v.} 1a. or[cast loose] To unfasten; untie; let loose (as a rope holding a boat). * /The captain of the boat cast off the line and we were soon out in open water./ 1b. To untie a rope holding a boat or something suggesting a boat. * /We cast off… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 12cast off — {v.} 1a. or[cast loose] To unfasten; untie; let loose (as a rope holding a boat). * /The captain of the boat cast off the line and we were soon out in open water./ 1b. To untie a rope holding a boat or something suggesting a boat. * /We cast off… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 13cast\ off — v 1a. • cast loose To unfasten; untie; let loose (as a rope holding a boat). The captain of the boat cast off the line and we were soon out in open water. 1b. To untie a rope holding a boat or something suggesting a boat. We cast off and set sail …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 14cast-off — /ˈkast ɒf/ (say kahst of) adjective 1. thrown away; rejected; discarded: cast off clothing. –noun 2. a person or thing that has been cast off, especially an article of clothing. 3. Printing an estimate of the amount of space that a length of copy …

  • 15cast-off — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cast off : singular cast off plural cast offs British a piece of clothing that you no longer want and give to someone else I m sick of wearing my sisters cast offs! …

    English dictionary

  • 16cast off — verb Date: 1575 transitive verb 1. loose < cast off a hunting dog > 2. unfasten < cast off a boat > 3. to remove (a stitch) from a knitting needle in such a way as to prevent unraveling …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 17cast·off — /ˈkæstˌɑːf, Brit ˈkɑːstˌɒf/ noun, pl offs [count] : something or someone that is thrown out or replaced The books were mostly castoffs from other schools. He assembled a bunch of castoffs [=players fired by other teams] into a good football team …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 18cast off — phr verb Cast off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑stitch …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 19cast-off — adj. Cast off is used with these nouns: ↑clothing …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 20cast-off — adjective no longer wanted; abandoned or discarded. noun a cast off garment …

    English new terms dictionary