Alternative forms

• off-cast

Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#OFFCASTCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#OFFCAST ofcasten, equivalent to off- +‎ castCategory:English terms prefixed with off-#CAST. Cognate with Danish afkaste (“to shed”), Swedish avkasta (“to crop, throw off, yield”). The noun is possibly derived from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#OFFCASTCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#OFFCAST ofcast (“the refuse of plants”).

Verb

offcast (third-person singular simple present offcasts, present participle offcasting, simple past and past participle offcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) offcasted)Category:English lemmas#OFFCASTCategory:English verbs#OFFCASTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#OFFCASTCategory:Pages with entries#OFFCASTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#OFFCAST

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#OFFCAST) To cast off; shed.
2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#OFFCAST, theaterCategory:en:Theater#OFFCAST, televisionCategory:en:Television#OFFCAST) To remove from the cast of a production.
   • 1985, Tino Balio, The American film industry:

     The experiment to offcast Davis began in 1937 with That Certain Woman; "She's a lady," we are told.

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   • 1997, Ann M. Sperber, Eric Lax, Bogart:

     [...] and Paramount was not inclined to offcast its stars, the story was dropped.

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   • 2015, Emily Carman, Independent Stardom:

     White actresses were able to maintain a more multidimensional star persona than actresses of color, thanks in large part to their ability to off-cast themselves in challenging roles and control their off-screen image through publicity.

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Noun

offcast (plural offcasts)Category:English lemmas#OFFCASTCategory:English nouns#OFFCASTCategory:English countable nouns#OFFCASTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#OFFCASTCategory:Pages with entries#OFFCASTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#OFFCAST

1. That which is rejected as useless.

Anagrams

• cast off, cast-off, castoff