cast-off (redirected from cast-offs)

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.

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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

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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