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Definition: Cast Away |
Cast AwayVerb1. Throw or cast away; "Put away your worries". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Cast AwaySynonyms: cast aside (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. |
Cheerfulness | Verb: be cheerful; Adjective: have the mind at ease, smile, put a good face upon, keep up one's spirits; view the bright side of the picture, view things en couleur de rose; ridentem dicere virum, cheer up, brighten up, light up, bear up; chirp, take heart, cast away care, drive dull care away, perk up. |
Failure | Aground, grounded, swamped, stranded, cast away, wrecked, foundered, capsized, shipwrecked, nonsuited; foiled; defeated; struck down, borne down, broken down; downtrodden; overborne, overwhelmed; all up with; ploughed, plowed, plucked. |
Rejection | Repudiate, scout, set at naught; fling to the winds, fling to the dogs, fling overboard, fling away, cast to the winds, cast to the dogs, cast overboard, cast away, throw to the winds, throw to the dogs, throw overboard, throw away, toss to the winds, toss to the dogs, toss overboard, toss away; send to the right about; disclaim; (deny); discard; (eject), (have done with). |
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. |
Waste | Cast away, fool away, muddle away, throw away, fling away, fritter away; burn the candle at both ends, waste; squander. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cast Away |
| English words defined with "cast away": cast aside, cast out, chuck out ♦ discard, dispose ♦ fling ♦ put away ♦ throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cast away": remaining body. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | A time to cast away stones ("Turn Turn Turn"; performing artist: The Byrds) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cast Away (2000) | |
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John Bunyan | The more he cast away the more he had. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | In requiring the proletariat to carry out such a system, and thereby to march straightway into the social New Jerusalem, it but requires in reality, that the proletariat should remain within the bounds of existing society, but should cast away all its hateful ideas concerning the bourgeoisie. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Before we cast away the solid assurances of national armaments for self-preservation we must be certain that our temple is built, not upon shifting sands or quagmires, but upon the rock. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I was never cast away nor distressed in any weather, though I encountered some severe storms. |
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Expressions using "cast away": be cast away ♦ cast away care ♦ To cast away. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "cast away"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | braktis (cast off, chuck, desert, drop out, fall away, forsake, jilt, lay down, let go, relinquish, renounce, tek pupa, throw over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разпилявам (blow about, consume, disperse, fool away, potter away, squander, throw about), отхвърлям (abnegate, avoid, cast down, challenge, decline, demur, deny, disallow, disclaim, dismiss, except, exclude, fling away, ignore, kiss off, negative, override, proscribe, rebuff, rebut, refuse, refute, renounce, repudiate, scout, set aside, throw back, throw down, throw off, throw out, toss away, toss over, vote down, wash out, wave aside), претърпявам корабокрушение (shipwreck, wreck), изхвърлям (bounce, cast aside, 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "脫 (break away from, freeoneself from, to break away, to break out, to get rid of), "棄 (abandon, discard), ' (throw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ztroskotat (be wrecked, bite, cave in, collapse, come to grief, fail, fall through, founder, go by the board, ground, miscarry, shipwreck, wreck), zavrhnout (cast off, discard, proscribe, reject, reprobate, repudiate, throw over), odvrhnout (cast off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rejeter (cast aside). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wegwerfen (discard, dump, jettison, pitch out, scrap, throw away, throw out, throwaway, to throw away, toss away, toss out, trash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ναυαγώ (abort, founder, sink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"שליך (cast, expel, pitch, shed, throw), ל"חות (defer, dismiss, hold off, postpone, repel, set aside, suspend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elherdál (dissipate, squander, to blue, to cast away, to dissipate, to fritter away, to frivol away, to piss away, to squander). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 突っ"す (to look upon with detachment, to thrust or cast away), 投'る (to cast away, to throw), 切捨てる (to cast away, to cut down, to discard, to omit, to slay, to truncate), 切り捨てる (to cast away, to cut down, to discard, to omit, to slay, to truncate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | な'る (to cast away, to throw), きりすてる (to cast away, to cut down, to discard, to omit, to slay, to truncate), つっぱなす (to look upon with detachment, to thrust or cast away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mooidjeen marrey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | astcay awayay se descotorosi de (shake off), scãpa de (escape, get rid of, work off), risipi (broadcast, chase, chuck away, clear, consume, crumble, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, quiet, remove, repel, riot, scatter, settle, solve, spend, sprinkle, squander, strew, throw away, vanish, waste), respinge (alienate, beat back, blackball, check, confute, decline, deny, disaffirm, discard, disprove, except, fend, force back, kill, leave, negate, negative, overrule, plough, rebuff, rebut, recess, refuse, refute, reject, relinquish, repel, repudiate, repugn, repulse, return, throw out), pierde (balk, baulk, blunder away, chuck away, consume, dally away, disappear, drop, lose, lose out, Miss, muddle away, relinquish, ruin, spill, throw away, waste), irosi (consume, dissipate, fiddle, idle, muddle away, spend, squander, waste), arunca (bowl, cast, cast aside, 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), înlãtura (avert, brush aside, clear, discard, dismiss, disseize, do away, do away with, eliminate, forbear, make a clean sweep of smth., move away, obviate, overbear, preclude, remove, save, seclude, supersede, supplant, take away, throw by). (various references) выбрасывать (ejaculate, eject, emit, expel, scrapping, throw away, throw out, toss out, turf out), отбрасывать (cast aside, cast out, reject, throw aside, toss aside). (various references) odbaciti (abandon, cast aside, disallow, discard, dismiss, leave, off it, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, set apart, throw away, toss off). (various references) desechar (cast aside, discard, discount, dismiss, lay aside, put aside, put away, reject, scrap, shuck off, throw aside, throw away, throw out, throwaway), abandonar (abandon, bolt, break, call off, cede, chuck, clear away, come off, come up, desert, ditch, drop, drop out, flee, forsake, give in, give up, give way, iron out, jack in, lead off, leave, leave over, let into, quit, relinquish, resign, retire, take away, take from, take off, tear down, throw down, throw off, throw over, throw up, toss aside, walk out, walk out on, weaken, withdraw, yield). (various references) kasta bort (discard, fling away, jettison, scrap, throw away, throw to the dogs). (various references) fırlatmak (aim, blast off, bung, cast, catapult, chuck, chuck away, dart, eject, fling, hurl, hurtle, launch, pelt, project, send, shoot, shoot out, shy, swing, throw, toss, whisk), deniz kazası geçirmek, boşa harcamak (chuck away, dissipate, fling away, footle, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, idle, idle away, lavish, misapply, misspend, pass away, pour down the drain, scatter, squander, squander away, throw away, throw to the dogs, trifle away, waste), atmak (affix, beat, blow, blow out, cashier, cast, cast off, catapult, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, dart, dash, deliver, discharge, doff, draw the longbow, drop, eject, elbow out, elbow smb. out, eliminate, fabricate, fetch, fib, flash, fling, fling away, fling out, fuse, fuze, give a kick, heave, hurl, inflict, insert, invent, junk, launch, let fly, loose, loose off, order off, peg, peg at, pelt, pitch, precipitate, project, pulsate, pulse, put, scutch, send, shoot, shoot out, shy, sling, tell a fib, tell lies, throw, throw away, throw into, toss, uncork, utter, void), çarçur etmek (blow, blue, dissipate, pour down the drain, squander, trifle away, waste), ıssız adada bırakmak (maroon). (various references) відкидати (abnegate, baffle, balk, brush away, cast aside, 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), викидати (abort, belch, cast up, detrude, eject, obtrude, scrap, throw out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | abicere, abiciam, abiciamus, abicias, abiciat, abicient, abicientes, abiciet, abicietur, abicio, abicis, abicit, abicite, abicitis, abicitur, abiecerat, abiecerint, abiecerunt, abieci, abiecisset, abiecisti, abiecit, abiecta, abiectae, abiectam, abiecti, abiectum, abiectus. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 13, Verse 48 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Hn ote eplhrwqh anabibasanteV epi ton aigialon kai kaqisanteV sunelexan ta kala eiV aggeia ta de sapra exw ebalon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quam cum impleta esset educentes et secus litus sedentes elegerunt bonos in vasa malos autem foras miserunt |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa hyo þa þæt nyt up-atugen & sætenbe þam strande. þa ge-curen hyo þa godenon heora fate. þa yfele hy atorfedon ut. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Which whanne it was ful, thei drowen vp, and seten bi the brenke, and chesen the goode in to her vessels, but the yuel thei kesten out. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Which whe it is full men drawe to londe and sitte and gadre the good into vessels and cast the bad awaye. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Which, when it was full, they drew to the shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast away the bad. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | When it was full, they took it up on the sands; and seated there they put the good into vessels, but the bad they put away. |
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| Language | Matthew Chapter 13, Verse 48 |
| Cebuano | ug sa napuno na kini, gipanagbutad sa mga tawo ngadto sa baybayon, ug sila nanglingkod ug ilang gipili ang mga maayong isda ug gibutang kini sa mga sudlanan, apan ang mga walay pulos ilang gisalibay. |
| Croatian | Kad se napuni, izvuku je na obalu, sjednu i skupe dobre u posude, a loše izbace. |
| Danish | Og da det var blevet fuldt, drog man det op på Strandbredden og satte sig og sankede de gode sammen i Kar, men kastede de rådne ud. |
| Dutch | Hetwelk, wanneer het vol geworden is, de vissers aan den oever optrekken, en nederzittende, lezen het goede uit in hun vaten, maar het kwade werpen zij weg. |
| Finnish | Ja kun se tuli täyteen, vetivät he sen rannalle, istuutuivat ja kokosivat hyvät astioihin, mutta kelvottomat he viskasivat pois. |
| French | Quand il est rempli, les pêcheurs le tirent; et, après s`être assis sur le rivage, ils mettent dans des vases ce qui est bon, et ils jettent ce qui est mauvais. |
| German | Wenn es aber voll ist, so ziehen sie es heraus an das Ufer, sitzen und lesen die guten in ein Gefäß zusammen; aber die faulen werfen sie weg. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sesudah jala itu penuh, jala itu diangkat ke darat oleh nelayan-nelayan. Kemudian mereka duduk dan memisah-misahkan ikan-ikan itu: Yang baik disimpan dalam tempayan dan yang tidak baik dibuang. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah penuh, ditarik orang naik ke pantai, lalu mereka itu duduk memilih, yaitu yang baik ditaruhnya di dalam bekasnya, tetapi yang tiada baik itu dibuangkannya. |
| Italian | Quando è piena, i pescatori la tirano a riva e poi, sedutisi, raccolgono i pesci buoni nei canestri e buttano via i cattivi. |
| Manx Gaelic | As tra ve lane, hayrn ad eh gys thalloo, as hoie ad sheese, as haggil ad yn eeast mie ayns siyn, agh cheau ad yn drogh eeast ersooyl. |
| Maori | A, ka ki, ka kumea ki uta, a noho ana, kohikohia ana nga ika papai ki nga kete, ko nga mea kikino ia i akiritia ki waho. |
| Norwegian | når den er blitt full, drar de den på land og setter sig ned og samler de gode sammen i kar, men de råtne kaster de bort. |
| Portuguese | E, quando cheia, puxaram-na para a praia; e, sentando-se, puseram os bons em cestos; os ruins, porém, lançaram fora. |
| Rumanian | Dupqce s`a umplut, pescarii kl scot la mal, wed jos, aleg kn vase ce este bun, wi aruncq afarq ce este rqu. |
| Russian | ЛПФПТЩК, ЛПЗ"Б ОБ ПМОЙМУС, ЧЩФБЭЙМЙ ОБ 'ЕТЕЗ Й, УЕЧ, ИПТПЫЕЕ УП'ТБМЙ Ч УПУХ"Щ, Б ИХ"ПЕ ЧЩ'ТПУЙМЙ ЧПО. |
| Shuar | Tura nekanam nemarmatai kukar jiiki, nui pénker namaknasha chankinnium chumpiniawai. Tura yajauch namaknaka ajapenawai. |
| Spanish | Cuando estuvo llena, la sacaron a la playa. Y sentados recogieron lo bueno en cestas y echaron fuera lo malo. |
| Swahili | Ulipojaa, watu waliuvuta pwani, wakaketi, wakachagua samaki wazuri wakawaweka ndani ya vikapu vyao, na wabaya wakawatupa. |
| Swedish | När den så bliver full, drager man upp den på stranden och sätter sig ned och samlar de goda i kärl, men de dåliga kastar man bort. -- |
| Uma | Ka'ihia' -nami jala', topebau' mpohore jala' -ra hilou hi role-na, pai' mohura-ramo mpopelihi bau' woko' jala' -ra. To lompe' rapuna' hi pontu'ua-ra, to uma lompe' rapetadi. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: castaway. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-s-t-w-y" | |
-3 letters: satay. | |
-4 letters: acta, acts, away, casa, cast, cats, caws, cays, cyst, scat, staw, stay, swat, sway, taws, twas, wast, wats, ways, yaws. | |
-5 letters: aas, act, awa, ays, cat, caw, cay, sac, sat, saw, say, sty, tas, taw, twa, was, wat, way, yaw. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-s-t-w-y" | |
+1 letter: castaways. | |
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