Cast-off Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Cast-off

disown
To refuse to own or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
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reject
To refuse to accept (someone) as a lover, spouse, or friend; rebuff.
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throw away
(Figuratively) To waste, to squander.
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jettison
(Informal) To discard (something) as unwanted or burdensome:
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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 off
(Idiomatic) To introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew.
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unstick
To free from a condition of adhesion:
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throw
To cast off; shed
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drop
(Sports) To fall or roll into a basket or hole. Used of a ball.
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unglue
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Antonyms for Cast-off

cast-on
(Intransitive, knitting) to start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on a needle
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Words Related to Cast-off

abandon
Abandon is defined as to leave something behind.
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discard
(Card Games) To make a discard
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bandleaders
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cast away
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worn-out
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Cast-off Sentence Examples

  • The lenticels of the stem are usually formed beneath stomata, whose function they take up after the stomata have been ruptured and cast off with the rest of the epidermis.

  • He refused to put the vote of outlawry, uttered a few passionate words, cast off his official robes, declared the session at an end, and made his way out under protection of a squad of grenadiers.

  • The growth of an insect is usually rapid, and as the cuticle does not share therein, it is from time to time cast off by moulting or ecdysis.

  • Concomitant with this separation there is commencement of the formation of a new cuticle within the old one, so that when the latter is cast off the insect appears with a partly completed new cuticle.

  • From atrophy of their roots, caused by the pressure of the growing permanent teeth, the " milk teeth " in children become loose and are cast off.

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