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kaste — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • caste noun One of the hereditary social classes found historically in South Asian societies and elsewhere.
  • dart noun A small, pointed missile with a weighted tip and flights, thrown at a target, especially in the pub game of darts.
  • throw verb To send an object through the air using force from your hand or arm.
  • toss verb To throw something lightly or carelessly, usually with an upward motion.

Senses

kaste is used for these senses in English:

  • caste Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.
  • throw (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
  • 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.
  • throw away (transitive) To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
  • toss To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.

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.

dart — full definition

  1. noun A small, pointed missile with a weighted tip and flights, thrown at a target, especially in the pub game of darts.
  2. verb To move suddenly and quickly in a particular direction.
  3. noun A tapered fold stitched into a garment to shape it to the body.

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