(now somewhat literary) To throw. / To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea. / To throw down or aside.

An act of throwing. / (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line. / Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc. / A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.

Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies. / A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other.

present participle of cast

The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc. / A manufacturing process using a mold. / An object made in a mold.

(intransitive, knitting) To start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on a needle.

(medicine) Set in a cast.

(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of cast

Having membership in a caste.

A surname.