castaway

cast·a·way (k

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adj.

1. Cast adrift or ashore; shipwrecked.

2. Discarded; thrown away.

1. A shipwrecked person.

2. A rejected or discarded person or thing.

castaway [ˈkɑːstəˌweɪ]

1. a person who has been shipwrecked

2. something thrown off or away; castoff

adj (prenominal)

1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) shipwrecked or put adrift

2. thrown away or rejected

vb cast away

(Transport / Nautical Terms) (tr, adverb; often passive) to cause (a ship, person, etc.) to be shipwrecked or abandoned

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Noun	1.	castaway - a person who is rejected (from society or home) outcast, pariah, Ishmael unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune heretic, misbeliever, religious outcast - a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church leper - a pariah who is avoided by others Harijan, untouchable - belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
	2.	castaway - a shipwrecked person shipwreck survivor abandoned person - someone for whom hope has been abandoned

Translations

castaway [ˈkɑːstəweɪ] N → náufrago/a m/f

castaway [ˈkɑːstəweɪ] n → naufragé(e) m/f

castaway

n (lit, fig) → Schiffbrüchige(r) mf

castaway [ˈkæstəweɪ] n → naufrago/a

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abandoned person cast Defoe enthusiasm Harijan heretic Ishmael leper maroon Misbeliever outcast pariah religious outcast shipwreck survivor unfortunate unfortunate person untouchable	I was as much of a stranger as the most hopeless castaway stumbling in the dark upon a hut of natives and finding them in the grip of some situation appertaining to the mentalities, prejudices, and problems of an undiscovered country - of a country of which he had not even had one single clear glimpse before. The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context Out from the centre of the sea, poor Pip turned his crisp, curling, black head to the sun, another lonely castaway, though the loftiest and the brightest. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context The last he wrote was called The Castaway, and the verse with which it ends describes not unfittingly the close of his own life. English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context	cast out cast pearls before swine cast steel cast stone cast up cast-iron cast-iron plant cast-off castable Castagno Castalia Castalian Castanea Castanea chrysophylla Castanea crenata Castanea dentata Castanea mollissima Castanea ozarkensis Castanea pumila Castanea sativa castanet castanets Castanopsis Castanopsis chrysophylla Castanospermum castaway caste caste system Castel Gandolfo casteless Castellammare di Stabia castellan Castellany castellated Castellation Castellón de la Plana caster caster action caster sugar castigate castigation Castigator Castigatory Castiglione Castile Castile soap Castilho Castilian Castilla Castilla la Vieja Castillan	Castanea pumila Castanea sativa Castanea species Castaneda's stain Castaneda's stain Castaneda's stain Castaneda's stain Castaneda, Carlos Castaneda, Carlos E. castaneous castanet castanet castanets castanets Castanha do Pará Castanha do Pará Castanha do Pará Castanha-do-pará Castanha-do-pará Castanha-do-pará Castanopsis Castanopsis chrysophylla castanospermine Castanospermum Castanospermum Castanospermum australe Castanospermum australe CASTAR CASTASIA CASTAT castaway Castaways Castaways Castaways CASTC caste caste caste Caste (social) Caste (social) Caste (social) caste system caste system caste system Caste system among Indian Christians Casted Polypropylene Casteddu Casteddu Casteism Casteism Casteism Castek, Slavojar Castel Castel Automobile Club Castel Gandolfo Castel Gandolfo Castel Sant' Angelo Castel Sant'Angelo Castelar y Ripoll, Emilio casteless Castelgandolfo

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abandoned person
cast
Defoe
enthusiasm
Harijan
heretic
Ishmael
leper
maroon
Misbeliever
outcast
pariah
religious outcast
shipwreck survivor
unfortunate
unfortunate person
untouchable

I was as much of a stranger as the most hopeless castaway stumbling in the dark upon a hut of natives and finding them in the grip of some situation appertaining to the mentalities, prejudices, and problems of an undiscovered country - of a country of which he had not even had one single clear glimpse before.

The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context

Out from the centre of the sea, poor Pip turned his crisp, curling, black head to the sun, another lonely castaway, though the loftiest and the brightest.

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

The last he wrote was called The Castaway, and the verse with which it ends describes not unfittingly the close of his own life.

English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context

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