Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Definition: Cast Aside |
Cast AsideVerb1. Throw or cast away; "Put away your worries". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Cast Aside (To). To reject as worthless. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Cast AsideSynonyms: cast away (v), cast out (v), chuck out (v), discard (v), dispose (v), fling (v), put away (v), throw away (v), throw out (v), toss (v), toss away (v), toss out (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abrogation | Dismiss, discard; cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out of doors, cast aside, cast away; send off, send away, send packing, send about one's business; discharge, get rid of; (eject); bounce; fire, fire out; sack. |
Relinquishment | Discard, cast off, dismiss; cast away, throw away, pitch away, fling away, cast aside, cast overboard, cast to the dogs, throw aside, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, pitch aside, pitch overboard, pitch to the dogs, fling aside, fling overboard, fling to the dogs; cast to the winds, throw to the winds, sweep to the winds; put away, turn away, sweep away; jettison; reject. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cast Aside |
| English words defined with "cast aside": Daff, discard ♦ jilt. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Just cast aside (Can't let go; performing artist: Mariah Carey) I cast aside my pride (I'll Never Fall In Love Again; performing artist: Tom Jones) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Author | Quotation |
Homer | The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Are Security Council resolutions to be honored and enforced, or cast aside without consequence? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expression using "cast aside": To cast aside. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "cast aside"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هجر (break away, dereliction, desert, desertion, disuse, drop out, emigratory, expel, expose, flee, forsake, immigrate, jettison, leave, neglect, quit, relinquish, renounce, scrap, skive, strand, surrender, throw, waive, weigh anchor), تخلى (abandon, assign, cede, desist, disgorge, expose, forsake, give up, go back on, hand over, leave, let down, part, quit, release, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retreat, shake, shrift, sign away, slough, swear off, throw over, turn one's back on, vacate, waive, walk out on, yield), ترك (break, discontinue, ditch, drop, drop it, drop out, lay aside, leave, leave about, let go, neglect, peg, quit, rap, resign, resignation, sign away, strand, suffer, unhand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отървавам се (dump, save one's neck), изхвърлям (bounce, cast away, detrude, discharge, dump, ejaculate, eject, excrete, expel, out, project, push out, put out, reject, relegate, sack, shoot out, spew, spill, spirt, spurt, throw, throw out, throw up, thrust forth, tip, turf out, vomit, whop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | odložit (abort, adjourn, cast off, defer, delay, discard, doff, get off, hang out, hold over, lay aside, lay by, Park, postpone, put aside, put away, put off, recess, reprieve, stay, suspend, take off, throw away), hodit za hlavu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | se défaire de, rejeter (cast away), mettre de côté, abandonner. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | fallen lassen (drop, dump down, send down, shed, slip), ausrangieren (discard, disuse, eraserd, scrap, throw out, to eraserd, to scrap), ablegen (cast off, discard, file, give up, lay aside, lay away, lay down, outgrow, pass, pull away, put aside, put down, put off, remove, renounce, shed, shove off, shuffle off, store, swear, throw off, to discard, ungird, unlearn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πετώ κάτι. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מושלך (discarded, thrown away), ל טוש (abandon, brandish, desert, forsake, lay aside, leave, let, quit, relinquish, renounce). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | félretesz (allocate, discard, lay aside, lay by, move away, pigeon-hole, put aside, put off, set apart, set aside, set by, to appropriate, to lay aside, to lay by, to lay sg by, to lay up, to pigeonhole, to put down, to put off, to put sg by, to put sg to one side, to reserve, to separate, to set by, to set sg by, to shelve, to throw off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 捨てる (to cast aside, to resign, to throw away), 捨てる (to abandon, to cast aside, to resign, to throw away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すてる (to abandon, to cast aside, to resign, to throw away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | astcay asideay se lepãda de (cast off, depart from, lay aside), se debarasa de (bargain away, clear off, escape, fall out of, forsake, leave work, make away with), renunţa la (abandon, abdicate, abnegate, back down, chuck up, declare off, deny, disclaim, doff, drop, forgo, forsake, give over, lay down, part with, remise, renounce, resign, sacrifice, shunt, sink, spare, surrender, throw up, yield up), deconsidera, arunca (bowl, cast, cast away, cast off, chuck, cob, dart, dash, deliver, discard, drop, fling, huddle on, hurl, jet, jettison, launch, peg, pelt at, pitch, pluck, plump, plunge into, precipitate, project, put, reject, rush, send, shoot, slam, sling, throw, throw away, throw off, throw out, toss, tumble). (various references) отвергать (disallow, discard, discarding, jettison, negate, negative, override, overrule, rebut, refuse, refuse to admit, reject, rejecting, repel, repudiate, repulse, spurn, turn down, vote down). (various references) odbiti (counter, decline, deduct, deny, disallow, dock, drive back, fend off, fight off, keep off, knock off, overrule, parry, rebuff, reflect, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, stave off, strike up, throw back, turn away, turn back, turn down, ward off, wean), odbaciti (abandon, cast away, disallow, discard, dismiss, leave, off it, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, set apart, throw away, toss off). (various references) desechar (cast away, discard, discount, dismiss, lay aside, put aside, put away, reject, scrap, shuck off, throw aside, throw away, throw out, throwaway). (various references) відкидати (abnegate, baffle, balk, brush away, cast away, deny, disapprove, discard, divest, doff, forswear, jettison, negate, negative, non-concur, override, overturn, push back, rebut, reject, reprobate, repudiate, set aside, throw aside, throw away, toss aside, turn down, wave aside, wave away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | abicere, abicis, abicit, abicite, abicitis, abicitur, abico. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-i-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: diastase. | |
-2 letters: acedias, ascites, casitas, dicasts, discase, disseat, dissect, ectasis, stadias. | |
-3 letters: acedia, asdics, asides, cadets, casita, cassia, castes, cestas, daises, dassie, deists, desist, dicast, edicts, sadist, saices, siesta, stades, stadia, steads, tassie, tsades, tsadis. | |
-4 letters: aceta, acids, acted, adits, aecia, aides, asdic, aside, assai, assed, asset, cades, cadet, cadis, caids, casas, cased, cases. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-i-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: associated. | |
+3 letters: disassociate, galactosides, unassociated. | |
+4 letters: anecdotalisms, anecdotalists, audiocassette, deescalations, disassociated, disassociates, galactosidase, nonassociated, parasiticides, sacerdotalism, sacerdotalist, tradescantias. | |
+5 letters: accidentalness, antidesiccants, audiocassettes, compassionated, disarticulates, dogmaticalness, galactosidases, sacerdotalisms, sacerdotalists, trisaccharides, ultradistances. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Speeches 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.