cast-off

cast·off (k

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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

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Adj.

cast-off - thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture"

discarded, throwaway, thrown-away

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 team → la mayoría de nuestros jugadores vienen descartados del primer equipo
society's cast-offs → los marginados de la sociedad

cast-off [ˈkɑːstˌɒf] adj (clothing) → smesso/a

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autotomise autotomize autotomy cast cast off cast on cast out castoff discarded exfoliate exuviae Exuvial exuviate Exuviation hermit crab Left-off molt molting moult	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. Alexander's Bridge by Cather, Willa View in context 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. The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context They wore the cast-off graces of the gentry; - and this, I believe, involves the best definition of the class. The Man of the Crowd by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context	Cassonade cassoulet cassowary casspir Cassumunar cast cast about cast about or around for cast anchor cast around cast aside cast away cast back cast down cast iron cast of characters cast off cast on 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	cast up cast vote cast-film extrusion Cast-In-Drilled-Hole Cast-In-Place Cast-In-Place Concrete Cast-In-Place Concrete Cast-in-Place Concrete Pipe cast-in-place pile Cast-in-Place thinshell System Cast-in-Steel-Shell cast-iron cast-iron cast-iron cast-iron Cast-iron architecture cast-iron boiler cast-iron front cast-iron lacework Cast-Iron Oval Roaster cast-iron pipe cast-iron plant cast-iron plant cast-iron plant cast-iron register Cast-Iron Soil Pipe Cast-Iron Soil Pipe cast-iron stomach cast-iron stove cast-iron stove cast-off cast-offs Cast-On Strap Cast-steel plow Cast-steel plow Cast-steel plow cast-weld CAST/ICAO Common Taxonomy Team Casta Casta Casta Casta Casta castable castable Castable Ceramic System castable refractory CASTAC CASTAG Castagna Castagna, Bruna Castagnet Castagnet Castagnets Castagnets Castagnette Castagnette Castagnino, Juan Carlos Castagno Castagno, Andrea Castagno, Andrea del

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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.

Alexander's Bridge by Cather, Willa View in context

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.

The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

They wore the cast-off graces of the gentry; - and this, I believe, involves the best definition of the class.

The Man of the Crowd by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

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Cast-in-Place Concrete Pipe
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Cast-in-Steel-Shell
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Castagna, Bruna
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