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kaste — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cast verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  • caste noun One of the hereditary social classes found historically in South Asian societies and elsewhere.
  • catapult noun A device for hurling or launching objects, historically used as a weapon.
  • chuck noun A cut of beef from the shoulder area, or the meat itself.
  • fling verb To throw something suddenly and with force.
  • shy adj Nervous or uncomfortable around other people; reluctant to draw attention to oneself.
  • throw verb To send an object through the air using force from your hand or arm.

Senses

kaste is used for these senses in English:

  • cast To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
  • caste Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.
  • catapult (transitive) To fire a missile from a catapult.
  • catapult (intransitive) To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
  • chuck (transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.
  • fling (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
  • shy (transitive) To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
  • throw To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.

cast — full definition

  1. verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  2. verb To choose actors for the roles in a play, film, or show.
  3. verb To shape a liquid material, especially molten metal, by pouring it into a mould.
  4. noun The group of actors performing in a play, film, or show.
  5. noun A rigid support, often plaster, used to hold a broken bone in place while it heals.

caste — full definition

  1. noun One of the hereditary social classes found historically in South Asian societies and elsewhere.
  2. noun Any rigid, hereditary social division that limits people to a fixed class.

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