- cast-off adj
- ['kɒːstˌɒf]
(clothing) smesso (-a)
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cast-off adj
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cast-off — adj [only before noun] cast off clothes or other goods are not wanted or have been thrown away … Dictionary of contemporary English
cast-off — cast offs also castoff ADJ: ADJ n Cast off things, especially clothes, are ones which someone no longer uses because they are old or unfashionable, and which they give to someone else or throw away. Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast… … English dictionary
cast|off — «KAST F, OF; KAHST », adjective, noun. –adj. thrown away; abandoned; discarded: »castoff clothes. –n. a person or thing that has been cast off: »... his everlasting castoffs (Charles Spurgeon). Thou shalt be From the city of the free Thyself a… … Useful english dictionary
cast-off — adj. Cast off is used with these nouns: ↑clothing … Collocations dictionary
cast — v. & n. v. (past and past part. cast) 1 tr. throw, esp. deliberately or forcefully. 2 tr. (often foll. by on, over) a direct or cause to fall (one s eyes, a glance, light, a shadow, a spell, etc.). b express (doubts, aspersions, etc.). 3 tr.… … Useful english dictionary
off|cast — «AWF KAST, KAHST; OF », adjective, noun. –adj. cast off; rejected. –n. a thing that is cast off; person who is rejected … Useful english dictionary
cast — castable, adj. castability, n. /kast, kahst/, v., cast, casting, n., adj. v.t. 1. to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice. 2. to throw off or away: He cast the advertisement in the wastebasket. 3. to direct (the eye, a glance, etc.),… … Universalium
off — /awf, of/, adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off. 2. so as to be no longer covering or enclosing: to take a hat off; to take the wrapping off. 3. away from a place: to run off; to look off toward… … Universalium
loose — adj 1. unbound, untied, unchained, unshackled, unfettered, untrammeled; unlocked, unlatched, unfastened; unclasped, unhooked, unattached, untied; unpinned, unbuttoned; unconnected, disconnected, detached, floating; insecure, infirm, unsteady. 2.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
castoff — cast•off [[t]ˈkæstˌɔf, ˌɒf, ˈkɑst [/t]] adj. 1) thrown away; discarded 2) one that has been cast off 3) pri the estimate by a compositor of how many pages copy will occupy when set in type • Etymology: 1735–45 … From formal English to slang
derelict — adj 1. abandoned, forsaken, deserted, neglected; relinquished, given up, left behind, Naut. (of a ship) a hull; discarded, rejected, cast off or away or aside; shunned, scorned, outcast, forlorn; bereft, adrift, alone, solitary, lonely, desolate; … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
