(computer graphics) The calculation of intersections between a ray and a surface.

Alternative spelling of casting couch

(euphemistic) The now illegal practice of soliciting sexual favors from a job applicant in exchange for employment in the entertainment industry.

(idiomatic) To provoke an uneasy feeling which stops a conversation, as by an uncalled act or word.

present participle of cast off

simple past tense and past participle of cast off

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cast off

To drive out; to expel.

(transitive) to wash something onto the shore. / (transitive, dated) to compute. / (transitive) to bring up as a reproach. / (transitive, somewhat archaic) to construct by digging.

(transitive, idiomatic) to discard