1 an object made by pouring hot liquid into a container and leaving it to become solid --
2 to choose actors to play particular parts in a play, film, or show: --
3 to send light or shadow (= an area of darkness) in a particular direction: --
4 to look, smile, etc. in a particular direction: --
5 to throw something: --
More often, they were not paid at all, just given poor quality rations and cast-off clothes.
The example implementations of cast only consider three type constructors, integers, products and functions.
The finely graduated degrees of light cast over the face of the moon also serve to reveal the heights and depths of its surface.
After votes are cast, the electoral system translates these votes into seats in a parliament that then makes policy decisions under majority rule.
However, we should not forget that casting a vote in a referendum is not exactly the same as advancing an opinion in a survey.
Recent findings have begun to cast doubt on whether that is, strictly speaking, so.
If a candidate wins a majority of the total votes cast in the district in the first round, he or she is elected.
The average (199,685) is derived from total numbers of votes cast in the 1996 congressional election (86,863,000) divided by the number of seats elected (435).