Home › Words › U › uncastuncastuncast · adj — not having been cast (in various senses).Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom un- + cast.adjNot having been cast (in various senses).e.g.“[…] if in casting your flie, the line fall into the water before it, the flie were better uncast, because it frights the fish […]” — 1662, Robert Venables, chapter 10, in The Experienc’d Angler, London: Richard Marriot, page 100:verbTo detach (a rope, line, etc.).e.g.“[…] the vessel, uncasting the hawser which had detained it, instantly left the ice […]” — 1846, Francis Bond Head, chapter 12, in The Emigrant, London: John Murray, page 264:To bring back to a standing position (a horse or other large animal that is lying down with its legs under it).To reverse the effects of (a magical spell).e.g.“The while it is the fairies’ hour The fairies’ tricks are full of power. But when the hour is overpast By wisdom we their spells uncast.” — 1920, Margaret Lynch Conger, “The Good Housewife and her Labors”, in Folk Story Plays for Children, New York: James A. McCann:To remove (an actor) from a role that was previously assigned to them.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.unrope 68% match — To remove the rope or ropes from. vs uncast →uncable 68% match — To undo the cabling of; to disconnect a cable or cables from. vs uncast →unfasten 66% match — To detach from any connecting agency or link; to disconnect. vs uncast →disattach 65% match — To detach. vs uncast →uncouple 64% match — To disconnect or detach one thing from another. vs uncast →disanchor 63% match — To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor. vs uncast →untether 63% match — To undo by removing a tether. vs uncast →unconnect 63% match — To disconnect. vs uncast →