Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast-off clothing.
I never had anything new to wear as a child, only a cousin's cast-offs.
English dictionary. 2008.
Cast-off — a. Cast or laid aside; thrown away; discarded; as, cast off clothes. Syn: discarded, junked, scrap(prenominal), waste. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cast off — (something) to get rid of something. Shirts and ties were being cast off in favor of informal clothes for business. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of cast off (= to unfasten the ropes holding a ship) … New idioms dictionary
cast-off — adj [only before noun] cast off clothes or other goods are not wanted or have been thrown away … Dictionary of contemporary English
cast off — ► cast off 1) Knitting take the stitches off the needle by looping each over the next. 2) set a boat or ship free from its moorings. Main Entry: ↑cast … English terms dictionary
cast-off — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ abandoned or discarded. ► NOUN ▪ a cast off garment … English terms dictionary
cast|off — «KAST F, OF; KAHST », adjective, noun. –adj. thrown away; abandoned; discarded: »castoff clothes. –n. a person or thing that has been cast off: »... his everlasting castoffs (Charles Spurgeon). Thou shalt be From the city of the free Thyself a… … Useful english dictionary
cast off — index abandon (physically leave), abandon (relinquish), defect, derelict (abandoned), disencumber, disown ( … Law dictionary
cast off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you cast off something, you get rid of it because it is no longer necessary or useful to you, or because it is harmful to you. [LITERARY] → See also cast off [V P n (not pron)] The essay exhorts women to cast off their… … English dictionary
cast off — phrasal verb Word forms cast off : present tense I/you/we/they cast off he/she/it casts off present participle casting off past tense cast off past participle cast off 1) [transitive] to get rid of someone or something It took many years for… … English dictionary
cast off — {v.} 1a. or[cast loose] To unfasten; untie; let loose (as a rope holding a boat). * /The captain of the boat cast off the line and we were soon out in open water./ 1b. To untie a rope holding a boat or something suggesting a boat. * /We cast off… … Dictionary of American idioms
