cast down
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cast down
vb
(tr, adverb) to make (a person) discouraged or dejected
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Verb | 1. | cast down - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" chill - depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers" discourage - deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged |
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cast
verb1. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm:
Informal: fire.
2. To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something:
Military: lay.
cast aboutphrasal verb
cast outnoun
2. A disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood:
4. The external outline of a thing:
5. A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members:
breed, description, feather, ilk, kind, lot, manner, mold, nature, order, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety.
Informal: persuasion.
6. An inclination to something:
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Translations
w>cast down
vt sep eyes → niederschlagen; (liter, = throw down) weapons → hinwerfen; to be cast down (fig) → niedergeschlagen sein
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