cast on
To start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on a needleTo start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on a needle.
» Tom is wearing a cast on his arm.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on a needle.
anschlagen
make the first row of stitches when knitting
Examples
43 sentencesTom is wearing a cast on his arm.
The wicked witch cast a spell on the man and turned him into a bug.
Mary cast a spell on Tom.
deMaria verzauberte Tom. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
She cast a spell on him.
deSie belegte ihn mit einem Zauber. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom cast a spell on Mary.
ruТом наложил на Мэри заклятие. — Wezel
deTom belegte Maria mit einem Zauber. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
casts on, casting on, cast on, cast onPhrasal verbs
12 phrasal verbs- cast offупустити, упускатиTo discard or reject something.
- cast outприбрати, прибиратиTo drive out; to expel.
- cast downдеморалізувати, деморалізовуватиTo make (a person) discouraged or dejected.
- cast awayприбрати, прибиратиTo discard.
- cast asideвідмовлятися, відкидатиSynonym of discard.
- cast upTo wash something onto the shore.
- cast onTo start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on a needle.
- cast backTo think about or imagine to a time in the past; to search or refer to one's memories of the past.
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.