Cast-off synonyms

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reject
To refuse to accept (someone) as a lover, spouse, or friend; rebuff.
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jettison
(Informal) To discard (something) as unwanted or burdensome:
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throw away
(Figuratively) To waste, to squander.
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disown
To refuse to own or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
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abandon (related)
Abandon is defined as to leave something behind.
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discard (related)
(Card Games) To make a discard
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discarded
thrown away
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throwaway
Having been rejected, ejected, or abandoned by parents or guardians:
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thrown-away
thrown away
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shed
To cast off or lose (a natural growth or covering, as leaves, skin, hair, etc.)
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cast
To shed; molt:
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shake off
To remove (something attached to, on or clinging to an object) by shaking.
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throw
To cast off; shed
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throw off
(Idiomatic) To introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew.
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drop
(Sports) To fall or roll into a basket or hole. Used of a ball.
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cast-on (antonym)
(Intransitive, knitting) to start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on a needle
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unstick
To free from a condition of adhesion:
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unglue
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bandleaders (related)
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cast away (related)
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cast-aside (related)
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hand-me-down (related)
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worn-out (related)
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moth-eaten (related)
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Find another word for cast-off. In this page you can discover 24 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for cast-off, like: reject, jettison, throw away, disown, abandon, discard, discarded, throwaway, thrown-away, shed and cast.
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Cast-off Sentence Examples

  • Metamorphosis is, from this point of view, the sum of the changes that take place under the cuticle of an insect between the ecdyses, which changes only become externally displayed when the cuticle is cast off.

  • Plotting was rife at Milan, as also at Bologna, where the memory of old liberties predisposed men to cast off clerical rule and led to the first rising on behalf of Italian liberty in the year 1794.

  • This consists typically of close-fitting layers of cells with completely suberized walls, intended to replace the epidermis as the external protective layer of the plant when the latter, incapable as it is of further growth after its original formation, is broken and cast off by the increase in thickness of the stem through the activity of the cambium.

  • All the tissues external to the cork are cast off by the plant.

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