Cast Off

Definition: Cast Off

Cast Off

Verb

1. Get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss".

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Synonyms: Cast Off

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.

Desuetude

Verb: be -unaccustomed; Adjective: leave off a habit, cast off a habit, break off a habit, wean oneself of a habit, violate a habit, break through a habit, infringe a habit, leave off a custom, cast off a custom, break off a custom, wean oneself of a custom, violate a custom, break through a custom, infringe a custom, leave off a usage, cast off a usage, break off a usage, wean oneself of a usage, violate a usage, break through a usage, infringe a usage; disuse; wear off.

Divestment

Verb: divest; uncover; (cover; ); denude, bare, strip; disfurnish; undress, disrobe; (dress, enrobe; ); uncoif; dismantle; put off, take off, cast off; doff; peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay; expose, lay open; exfoliate, molt, mew; cast the skin.

Liberation

Gain one's liberty, obtain one's liberty, acquire one's liberty; get rid of, get clear of; deliver oneself from; shake off the yoke, slip the collar; break loose, break prison; tear asunder one's bonds, cast off trammels; escape.

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.

Adjective: relinquished; Verb: cast off, derelict; unowned, unappropriated, unculled; left; (residuary).

Remainder

Adjective:remaining, left; left behind left over; residual, residuary; over, odd; unconsumed, sedimentary; surviving; net; exceeding, over and above; outlying, outstanding; cast off; superfluous; (redundant).

Crosswords: Cast Off

The ladies of the Church have cast off old clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon. (references; author: unknown)

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Books

• Cast Off (reference)

• Seniors Arise: Cast Off the Twin Yokes of Congress and Aarp (reference)

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Crewman making a Nansen cast off Wake Island. Credit: NAVY.

U.S. Marine Postal Service, Detroit River, ready to cast off. Credit: Library of Congress.

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The Ammonites making war upon Israel, the Gileadites in fear send to lephtha, a bastard of their family whom they had cast off, and article with him, if he will assist them against the Ammonites, to make him their ruler; which they do in these words, And the people made him head and captain over them, Judg. (Second Treatise of Government)

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He should have merely and simply cast off Jean Valjean.

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Health

When active, the virus usually causes visible sores in the genital area. The sores cast off (shed) viruses that can infect another person. (references)

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Expressions using "cast off": cast off the old adam ♦ cast off the yoke ♦ cast off trammels ♦ To cast off ♦ To cast off copy. Additional references.

Afrikaans

afwerp (afford, bear, cast, fling, fling off, get, get rid of, produce, shed, throw off). (various references)

Albanian

send i nxjerrë mga përdorimi, njeri i braktisur (maroon), liroj (acquit, cheapen, detach, discharge, disengage, dismiss, ease, excuse, free, free oneself, let go, let loose, liberate, loose, loosen, pay, pay out, relax, release, slack, slacken, unbind, unstring, vacate), i hedhur tej, i flakur (castaway, off-cast, outcast), i braktisur (castaway, derelict, desolate, forgotten, forlorn, forsaken, godforsaken, lorn, love-lorn, neglected, odd, stand empty, untrodden, waste), flak (cast, chuck, clear out, fling, heave, hurl, pitch, reject, scrap, throw, throw away), braktis (cast away, chuck, desert, drop out, fall away, forsake, jilt, lay down, let go, relinquish, renounce, tek pupa, throw over), çliroj (affranchise, deliver, disembarrass, disengage, disentangle, disenthrall, emancipate, evolve, extricate, heal, liberate, lighten, ransom, release, relieve, rescue, rid, set at large, set free, set loose, unbend, unfetter, unpeg). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مهملات, ‏منبوذ (abandoned, castaway, discarded, dismissed, dropped, eliminated, forsaken, ostracized, outcast, pitched, rejected, removed, renounced, thrown away), ‏حرر (clear, decontrol, deliver, detach, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, free, grant freedom, liberate, manumit, open, phrase, redact, redeem, release, rescue, rid, set at large, set free, set loose, subedit, unchain, uncork, unleash, unlock, unstitch), ‏أطلق (cast, divorce, draw, eject, emanate, enlarge, erupt, evolve, fire, generalize, give off, liberate, loose, open, project, relax, release, shoot, slip, speed, spout, toss, touch off, unchain, unlock, utter), ‏رخي الحبل (pay away). (various references)

Bulgarian 

свалям (bring down, doff, douse, down, drop, drop off, get down, get off, land, lay, let off, overthrow, prang, prostrate, pull down, pull off, put down, put off, reach down, remove, ring down, rip down, rush, set down, shuck off, shuffle off, stretch, take down, take off, tear away, tear down, tear off, throw off, turn down, unbelt, uncap, unhorse, unship, vail), развързвам (disengage, loose, loosen, solve, unbend, unbind, uncord, undo, unfasten, unknot, unlash, unleash, unstring, untether, untie), отплувам (get under way, pull out, put, put away, put forth, put off, put out, sail, set sail, weigh), завършвам плетиво, пускам (admit, bleed, course, discharge, dismiss, drive, drop, float, fly, give off, grow, issue, let, let fall, let go, let loose, mail, play, push out, put forth, put on, put out, release, rip out, run, send forth, slip, start, start up, throw in, turn out, uncork, unhand, unleash), пущам (throw out), изхвърлен (castaway), изгонвам (chase, clear off, dispossess, drive away, drive out, eject, evict, feeze, hunt out, lay, oust, put out, run off, see off, send away, send out, send packing, shoot out, spurn, throw out, thrust out, turf out, turn away, turn out), изоставам (break away, drag, fall behind, fall out, lag, lose, pack in, run behind, tail away, tail off), изпускам бримки. (various references)

Czech

zbavit se (banish, dispose of, do away, drive away, get rid of, grow out of, lose, oust, shake off, unload), zavrhnout (cast away, discard, proscribe, reject, reprobate, repudiate, throw over), ubrat (take off), odvrhnout (cast away), odvázat (detach, release, untie), odložit (abort, adjourn, cast aside, 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), odložený (deferred), odhodit (chuck away, discard, throw away). (various references)

Danish

manuskriptberegning (copyfit, copy-fit). (various references)

Dutch

uitgooien (fling off, throw off), berekening van de omvang (copyfit, copy-fit), analyseren van presentatieparameters (copyfit, copy-fit), afwerpen (afford, bear, cast, fling off, get rid of, produce, shed, throw off), afkanten, afgooien (fling off, throw off). (various references)

Esperanto

detriki, deĵeti (fling off, throw off). (various references)

French

compter (calculate), calculer (calculate), précipiter, négligé, lâcher les amarres, estimer (calculate), abandonné. (various references)

Frisian

ôfsmite (cast, fling off, get rid of, shed, throw off). (various references)

German

niederlegen (abdicate, give up, lay down, put down, renounce, resign, set down, touch down, vacate), losmachen (disengage, free, groove, let off, loose, release, slip, take off, unfasten, unfix, unfurl, unhitch, unloose, unmoor, unstick, untie), lösen (break off, buy, cancel, cutting, detach, disengage, dislodge, dissolve, ease, let off, loosen, release, remove, resolve, sever, severance, solve, sort out, tackle, take off, to detach, to part, to tackle, unbind, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfix, unfold, unloose, unravel, unstick, untie, work out), einpassen (fit in, seat), abwerfen (buck off, discard, drop, jettison, parachute, parachute in, produce, release, shed, slough off, throw, throw off, unhorse, unsaddle, unseat, yield), ablegen (cast aside, 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), abgelegte kleider. (various references)

Greek 

πετώ (cast, chuck, discard, dump, fleet, fling, fly, hurl, jet, throw, wing), παραπεταμένοσ (mislaid, sustained), ανάλυση έκτασης κειμένου (copyfit, copy-fit), απόβλητοσ (abject, outcast, pariah), αποβάλλω (abort, discard, elide, expel, expel from, miscarry, repudiate, send down, send out 1, shed), αποπλέω (leave port, sail). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"שיר (discard, drop, let fall, throw away). (various references)

Hungarian

kitaszít (outlaw, to cast off, to extrude, to rack), kiselejtezett. (various references)

Indonesian

apkir (rejected). (various references)

Italian

calcolo della stesura (copyfit, copy-fit), calare (come down, drop, ebb, fall, go down, let down, let oneself down, lose weight, lower, recede, sink, slack off, slacken, slump, subside, wane), mollare (ease, give, give in, let go, pack in, release, slacken, stop). (various references)

Manx

tilgey (abort, cast, casting, chuck, discharge, disgorge, ejection, fling, hurl, launch; throwing, miscarriage, miscarry, misconception; found, moulting, pitch, plunge, pot, precipitate, precipitation, project, projection, shedding, shoot, sling, throw, toss, toss up, toss up coin, tossing, void, vomit, vomiting), jiooldey (deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, dissent, eliminate, exclude, negate, negation, negative, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, repudiate, repudiation, spurn, traverse), feashley. (various references)

Pig Latin

astcay offay

Portuguese

rejeitar (condemn, confute, daff, deny, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, get up the better, negative, overrule, pill, pip, put by, rebuff, rebut, refuse, reject, renounce, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, throw-out, turn down), perder (concede, drop, fall away, go, leave out, lose, mislay, miss, shed, to lose, waste), abandonar (abandon, back down, cede, desert, doff, flee, forsake, forwent, give up, jettison, lay aside, lay down, leave, neglect, off, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, secede, set aside, throw over, to abandon, vacant, vacate, waive). (various references)

Romanian

uzat (decrepit, effete, jaded, mangy, napless, obsolete, outworn, peeled, seedy, shabby, spent, used, well worn, worn out), se lepãda de (cast aside, depart from, lay aside), proscris (outcast, outlaw, pariah, proscribed, under a ban), proscrie (ostracize, outlaw, proscribe), ponosit (decrepit, seedy, shabby), paria (castaway, outcast, pariah, wager), pãrãsi (abandon, cease, clear, desert, drop, evacuate, fail, flee, forsake, jilt, leave, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, surrender, throw, vacate), netrebuincios, lãsa (abandon, alight, allow, break, cease, create, diminish, discontinue, drop, fail, forsake, free, leave, leave behind, let, put away, quit, relinquish, renounce, secure, settle, sink, sprout, stop, suffer, weaken), izgoni (banish, cast out, chase away, drive away, eject, expel, pack off), da parâma, aruncat, arunca (bowl, cast, cast aside, cast away, 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)

Russian 

сбрасывать (detrude, lay low, shed, slough away, slough off, throw, throw off). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zbaciti (buck, dethrone, spill, throw down, throw off), ostaviti (abandon, leave, let, relinquish, walk out), odbačen (castoff, derelict, dump, forlorn, off-cast, reject, thrown, turndown), napustiti (abandon, desert, desolate, drop, drop out, fall away, forsake, give away, jilt, leave, quit, run out, take leave of, throw over, vacate, walk out). (various references)

Spanish

cerrar los puntos del tejido, soltar amarras, persona abandonada, encaja del original (copyfit, copy-fit), desecho (cull, discard, dross, refuse, reject, rejected article, rubbish, throw out), de desecho (drossy, scrap, waste). (various references)

Swedish

förkastad, förkasta (denounce, disallow, disapprove, disavow, discard, jettison, kill, negative, overrule, reject, reprobate, repudiate, throw overboard, turn down), avmaska (deworm), avdrag (deduction, discount, pull, rebate). (various references)

Turkish

tahmin etmek (anticipate, calculate, conjecture, divine, dope, dope out, estimate, extrapolate, forecast, guess, judge, presume, put down, suppose, surmise, take stock of), reddetmek (abnegate, challenge, controvert, damn, declare off, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, disdain, dismiss, disown, dispute, draw the line, fall down, gainsay, negate, negative, Nix, overrule, protest, quash, rebut, refuse, refute, reject, renege, renounce, repel, repudiate, rule out, scout, set aside, spurn, take objection to, throw out, turn back, turn down, turn thumbs down on, veto, wave aside), bir kenara atılmış, avara etmek (push off, shove off), atmak (affix, beat, blow, blow out, cashier, cast, cast away, 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), üzerinden etmek, çıkarıp atmak (fling off, shed). (various references)

Ukrainian

скидати (bare, cast, cast down, deduct, deject, depose, detrude, dismount, dump, jettison, kick off, lay off, precipitate, remove, shuck off, subvert, throw down, throw off, toss), відмовлятися (abdicate, abjure, abnegate, back down, backtrack, discard, forgo, forsake, forswear, jettison, lay aside, lay down, nill, part with, pass up, pretext, recede, refuse, relinquish, renounce, repeal, retract, throw aside, throw out, throw over, waive, withdraw), покидати (desert). (various references)

demoliar, demolient, demolientes, demolientur, demolierunt, demolietur, demolire, demolirer, demolita, demoliti, demolitum, demolitur, demolitus, demoliuntur, exue, exuent, exuentes, exuerunt, exui, exuit, exuite, exuitur, exutum, respuo. (various references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: castoff, offcast.

-2 letters: ascot, caffs, coast, coats, coffs, costa, facts, fatso, scoff, softa, staff, tacos, toffs.

-3 letters: acts, caff, cast, cats, coat, coff, coft, cost, cots, fact, fast, fats, oafs, oast, oats, ocas, offs, scat, scot, sofa, soft, stoa, taco, taos, toff.

-4 letters: act, aff, aft, cat, cos, cot, fas, fat, oaf, oat, oca, off, oft.

+1 letter: castoffs, offcasts.

+2 letters: cowlstaff, suffocate.

+3 letters: affections, cowlstaffs, officiants, officiates, suffocated, suffocates, tuffaceous.

+4 letters: afflictions, suffocating, suffocation, suffocative.

+5 letters: affectations, diffractions, disaffection, officiations, suffocations.