cast, recast, brandish, avid angler, extinct

Op-Ed: Ich Bin Ein Berliner

Fifty years ago, John F. Kennedy recast the Cold War in an unforgettable speech. 

Recasting the Information Infrastructure for the Industrial Age, Richard R. John

Volcker Prefers Work to Fishing Paul A. Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman, shares an office with Richard Ravitch, the longtime New York political figure, The Wall Street Journal reports. The two old friends are avid anglers, but Mr. Volcker, who has been a key adviser on financial regulation, said he has no plans to retire, noting that work is "more relaxing than fishing," The Journal writes.

• WALL STREET JOURNAL

Pyramid Lake Journal

20 Pounds? Not Too Bad, for an Extinct Fish

By NATE SCHWEBER

A giant trout once believed to be extinct is once again delighting anglers at Pyramid Lake in Nevada. 

H-P to Brandish Tech Credentials

H-P, known to consumers mostly as a printer specialist, is seeking to recast itself as a broader tech company with a new ad campaign featuring rapper Dr. Dre, comedian Rhys Darby and the slogan "Lets Do Amazing."

You’re Checked Out, but Your Brain Is Tuned In
By BENEDICT CAREY
Research suggests that falling into a numbed trance allows the brain to recast the outside world in ways that can be productive and creative.

Apple Recasts iMovie With Improved Features

By DAVID POGUE

I've always been an iMovie nut. This humble video-editing program from Apple, in its way, launched my entire career of making weekly goofball tech videos. For three years, I made them all by myself, on the cheap, with a camcorder and iMovie.
Other goofs were unintentional: as Apollo 13 circles the moon and loses the signal with mission control, the ship is seen going into the moon's shadow.

brandish
━━ vt. （剣などを）振回す ((at)).

tr.v., -dished, -dish·ing, -dish·es.

1. To wave or flourish (a weapon, for example) menacingly.
2. To display ostentatiously. See synonyms at flourish.

n.
A menacing or defiant wave or flourish.

[Middle English brandissen, from Old French brandir, brandiss-, from brand, sword, of Germanic origin.]

brandisher bran'dish·er n.

cast

v., cast, cast·ing, casts. v.tr.

1. 1. To throw (something, especially something light): The angler cast the line.
   2. To throw with force; hurl: waves that cast driftwood far up on the shore. See synonyms at throw.
2. To shed; molt.
3. To throw forth; drop: cast anchor.
4. To throw on the ground, as in wrestling.
5. To deposit or indicate (a ballot or vote).
6. To turn or direct: All eyes were cast upon the speaker.
7. To cause to fall onto or over something or in a certain direction, as if by throwing: candles casting light; cast aspersions on my character; findings that cast doubt on our hypothesis.
8. To bestow; confer: "The government I cast upon my brother" (Shakespeare).
9. 1. To roll or throw (dice, for example).
   2. To draw (lots).
10. To give birth to prematurely: The cow cast a calf.
11. To cause (hunting hounds) to scatter and circle in search of a lost scent.
12. 1. To choose actors for (a play, for example).
    2. To assign a certain role to (an actor): cast her as the lead.
    3. To assign an actor to (a part): cast each role carefully.
13. To form (liquid metal, for example) into a particular shape by pouring into a mold.
14. To give a form to; arrange: decided to cast the book in three parts.
15. To contrive; devise: cast a plan.
16. To calculate or compute; add up (a column of figures).
17. To calculate astrologically: cast my horoscope.
18. To warp; twist: floorboards cast by age.
19. Nautical. To turn (a ship); change to the opposite tack.

v.intr.

1. To throw something, especially to throw out a lure or bait at the end of a fishing line.
2. To add a column of figures; make calculations.
3. To make a conjecture or a forecast.
4. To receive form or shape in a mold.
5. To become warped.
6. To search for a lost scent in hunting with hounds.
7. Nautical.
   1. To veer to leeward from a former course; fall off.
   2. To put about; tack.
8. To choose actors for the parts in a play, movie, or other theatrical presentation.
9. Obsolete. To estimate; conjecture.

n.

1. 1. The act or an instance of casting or throwing.
   2. The distance thrown.
2. 1. A throwing of a fishing line or net into the water.
   2. The line or net thrown.
3. 1. A throw of dice.
   2. The number thrown.
4. A stroke of fortune or fate; lot.
5. 1. A direction or expression of the eyes.
   2. A slight squint.
6. Something, such as molted skin, that is thrown off, out, or away.
7. The addition of a column of figures; calculation.
8. A conjecture; a forecast.
9. 1. The act of pouring molten material into a mold.
   2. The amount of molten material poured into a mold at a single operation.
   3. Something formed by this means: The sculpture was a bronze cast.
10. An impression formed in a mold or matrix; a mold: a cast of her face made in plaster.
11. A rigid dressing, usually made of gauze and plaster of Paris, used to immobilize an injured body part, as in a fracture or dislocation. Also called plaster cast.
12. The form in which something is made or constructed; arrangement: the close-set cast of her features.
13. Outward form or look; appearance: a suit of stylish cast.
14. Sort; type: fancied himself to be of a macho cast.
15. An inclination; tendency: her thoughtful cast of mind.
16. The actors in a play, movie, or other theatrical presentation.
17. A slight trace of color; a tinge.
18. A distortion of shape.
19. The circling of hounds to pick up a scent in hunting.
20. A pair of hawks released by a falconer at one time. See synonyms at flock¹.

phrasal verbs:
cast about or around

1. To make a search; look: had to cast about for an hour, looking for a good campsite.
2. To devise means; contrive.

cast off

1. To discard; reject: cast off old clothing.
2. To let go; set loose: cast off a boat; cast off a line.
3. To make the last row of stitches in knitting.
4. Printing. To estimate the space a mansucript will occupy when set into type.

cast on

1. To make the first row of stitches in knitting.

cast out

1. To drive out by force; expel.

idiom:
cast (one's) lot with

1. To join or side with for better or worse.

[Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta.]

━━ vt. （cast） 投げる; （票を）投じる; 投げ［脱ぎ］すてる; 投げかける; 放つ; （目を）向ける; （樹が未熟の果実を）落す; 【動】（古い皮・角などを）落す; 鋳造する; 【印】電気版［ステロ］にする; 計算する; 配役する; （くじを）引く; （魔法を）かける; 解雇する; （名誉・非難などを）与える, 加える, 負わせる.
━━ vi. さい（ころ）を投げる, 釣糸をたれる; 鋳型通りになる, 鋳造される; 思案［工夫］する, 計算する.
cast about [around]　捜す ((for)); 思案する.
cast aside　（投げ）捨てる, 排斥する.
cast away　捨てる; 斥ける; 難破させる; 置きざりにする.
cast down　（目を）伏せる; 投げ倒す; 落胆させる.
cast off　（脱ぎ）捨てる, （束縛から）脱却する; 仕上げる; 【海事】（綱を）放す.
cast on　編み始める.
cast out　投げ出す; 追い出す.
cast oneself on　（人の同情に）すがる.
cast up　投げ［打ち］上げる; 合計する.
━━ n. 投げ（ること）; ひと投げ; 射程; 試み; 鋳型, 鋳物, 鋳造; 【医】ギプス; 【劇】配役, 出演者全員; 計算, 勘定; ようす; 種類, タイプ; 顔つき; 色合い, 気味; 予想; （軽い）斜視; 車に乗せてやる［もらう］こと; （ヘビなどの）ぬけがら; 【コンピュータ】キャスト ((プログラミング言語での型変換の指定)).
cast of mind　気質.
the last cast　最後の運試し.
cast・away　━━ a., n. 難破した（人）; 見捨てられた（者）; ならず者.

Definition of recast

verb (past and past participle recast)

[with object]

• 1 give (a metal object) a different form by melting it down and reshaping it: in 1919, the bells were recast
• present or organize in a different form or style:his doctoral thesis has been recast for the general reader

2 allocate the parts in (a play or film) to different actors:there were moves to recast the play

recast
tr.v., -cast, -cast·ing, -casts.

1. To mold again: recast a bell.
2. To set down or present (ideas, for example) in a new or different arrangement: recast a sentence.
3. To change the cast of (a theatrical production).

n. (rē'kăst')

1. The act or process of recasting.
2. Something produced by recasting.

━━ n. 改鋳; 改作; 配役［キャスト］変更.
━━ 〔〕 vt. （〜） 改作する; 配役を変える; 鋳直す.