casting

Meaning

Noun

• The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
• A manufacturing process using a mold.
• An object made in a mold.
• The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.^[W]
• The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
• The act of converting between data types.
• Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent.

Related

Similar words

• audition

Origin

• From Middle English castynge, castand, equivalent to cast + -ing.
• From Middle English castyng, castinge, equivalent to cast + -ing.