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Definition: TO CAST AWAY |
TO CAST AWAY1. (a) To throw away; to lavish; to waste. ``Cast away a life'' --Addison. (b) To reject; to let perish. ``Cast away his people.'' --Rom. xi. 1. ``Cast one away.'' --Shak. (c) To wreck. ``Cast away and sunk.'' --Shak. |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | A time to cast away stones ("Turn Turn Turn"; performing artist: The Byrds) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "TO CAST AWAY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hungarian | száműz (to banish, to confine, to exile, to expatriate, to proscribe, to relegate), sutba dob (to throw to the dogs), félrehajít, elpocsékol (lost, to fool away, to lose, to pass away, to slather, to waste), elhesseget (shoo, to avert, to brush aside, to brush off, to dismiss, to shoo, to shoo away, to shoo off), elherdál (cast away, dissipate, squander, to blue, to dissipate, to fritter away, to frivol away, to piss away, to squander), eldob (cast, discard, fling away, put off, threw, throw away, thrown, to abject, to chuck, to chuck away, to discard, to throw, to throw away, to throw off). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 投'る (to throw), 切捨てる (to cut down, to discard, to omit, to slay, to truncate), 切り捨てる (to cut down, to discard, to omit, to slay, to truncate). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | な'る (to throw), きりすてる (to cut down, to discard, to omit, to slay, to truncate). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otay astcay awayay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Ecclesiastes Chapter 3, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | KairoV tou zhthsai kai kairoV tou apolesai kairoV tou fulaxai kai kairoV tou ekbalein |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Tempus adquirendi et tempus perdendi tempus custodiendi et tempus abiciendi |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Time of purchasing, and time of leesing; time of keping, and time of casting awei. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Ecclesiastes Chapter 3, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Panahon sa pagpangita, ug panahon sa pagwala; panahon sa pagtipig, ug panahon sa pag-usik; |
| Chinese | 尋 找 有 時 、 失 落 有 時 . 保 守 有 時 、 捨 棄 有 時 . |
| Croatian | Vrijeme traženja i vrijeme gubljenja; vrijeme èuvanja i vrijeme odbacivanja. |
| Danish | Tid til at søge og Tid til at miste, Tid til at gemme og Tid til at bortkaste, |
| Dutch | Een tijd om te zoeken, en een tijd om verloren te laten gaan; een tijd om te bewaren, en een tijd om weg te werpen; |
| Finnish | Aika on etsiä ja aika kadottaa. Aika on säilyttää ja aika viskata pois. |
| French | un temps pour chercher, et un temps pour perdre; un temps pour garder, et un temps pour jeter; |
| German | suchen und verlieren, behalten und wegwerfen, |
| Haitian Creole | Li fikse lè pou ou chache, lè pou ou pèdi, lè pou ou fè ekonomi, lè pou ou gaspiye lajan, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Allah menentukan waktu untuk menemukan dan waktu untuk kehilangan, waktu untuk menabung dan waktu untuk memboroskan, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | adalah masa akan mencahari dan masa akan menghilangkan; adalah masa akan memeliharakan dan masa akan membuang; |
| Italian | Un tempo per cercare e un tempo per perdere, un tempo per serbare e un tempo per buttar via. |
| Maori | He wa e rapu ai, he wa e ngaro ai; he wa e tiaki ai; he wa e akiri atu ai; |
| Norwegian | å søke har sin tid og å tape har sin tid; å gjemme har sin tid og å kaste bort har sin tid; |
| Portuguese | tempo de buscar, e tempo de perder; tempo de guardar, e tempo de deitar fora; |
| Rumanian | cqutarea kwi are vremea ei, wi perderea kwi are vremea ei; pqstrarea kwi are vremea ei, wi lepqdarea kwi are vremea ei; |
| Russian | ЧТЕНС ЙУЛБФШ, Й ЧТЕНС ФЕТСФШ; ЧТЕНС У'ЕТЕЗБФШ, Й ЧТЕНС 'ТПУБФШ; |
| Spanish | tiempo de buscar y tiempo de perder; tiempo de guardar y tiempo de arrojar; |
| Swedish | Söka upp har sin tid, och tappa bort har sin tid. Förvara har sin tid, och kasta bort har sin tid. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-o-s-t-t-w-y" | |
-2 letters: castaway. | |
-4 letters: cottas, scatty, toasty. | |
-5 letters: ascot, catty, coast, coats, costa, cotta, satay, scatt, stoat, tacos, tacts, tasty, toast, watts. | |
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