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cast-off

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cast·off  (kstôf, -f)
n.
1. One that has been discarded.
2. Printing A calculation of the amount of space a manuscript will occupy when set into type.
adj. also cast-off
Discarded; rejected.

cast-off
adj
(prenominal) thrown away; abandoned cast-off shoes
n castoff
1. a person or thing that has been discarded or abandoned
2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing an estimate of the amount of space that a piece of copy will occupy when printed in a particular size and style of type
vb cast off (adverb)
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) to remove (mooring lines) that hold (a vessel) to a dock
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) to knot (a row of stitches, esp the final row) in finishing off knitted or woven material
3. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing to estimate the amount of space that will be taken up by (a book, piece of copy, etc.) when it is printed in a particular size and style of type
4. (Performing Arts / Dancing) (intr) (in Scottish country dancing) to perform a progressive movement during which each partner of a couple dances separately behind one line of the set and then reunites with the other in their original position in the set or in a new position
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.cast-off - thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture"
unwanted - not wanted; not needed; "tried to give away unwanted kittens"
Translations
cast-off [ˈkɑːstɒf]
A. ADJ [clothing etc] → de desecho, en desuso
B. N (= garment) → ropa f de desecho
our players are mostly cast-offs from the first teamla mayoría de nuestros jugadores vienen descartados del primer equipo
society's cast-offslos marginados de la sociedad
cast-off [ˈkɑːstˌɒf] adj (clothing) → smesso/a


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It was furnished with the cast-off possessions of his bachelor days and with odd things which he sheltered for friends of his who followed itinerant and more or less artistic callings.
He had doublets cut out of his old clothes and cast-off cloaks for Mousqueton, and thanks to a very intelligent tailor, who made his clothes look as good as new by turning them, and whose wife was suspected of wishing to make Porthos descend from his aristocratic habits, Mousqueton made a very good figure when attending on his master.
They wore the cast-off graces of the gentry; - and this, I believe, involves the best definition of the class.
 
 
 
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