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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  cast off
       v 1: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your
            clothes" [syn: shed, cast, shake off, throw, throw
            off, throw away, drop]
       2: make the last row of stitches when knitting [ant: cast on]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  cast off
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To discard or reject something.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing
  a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.
     3 (lb en intransitive knitting) To finish the last row of knitted
  stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
     4 (lb en printing historical) To estimate the amount of space
  required by the type used for the given copy.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  cast off
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To discard or reject something.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing
  a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.
     3 (lb en intransitive knitting) To finish the last row of knitted
  stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
     4 (lb en printing historical) To estimate the amount of space
  required by the type used for the given copy.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  cast off
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To discard or reject something.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing
  a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.
     3 (lb en intransitive knitting) To finish the last row of knitted
  stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
     4 (lb en printing historical) To estimate the amount of space
  required by the type used for the given copy.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  cast off
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To discard or reject something.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing
  a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.
     3 (lb en intransitive knitting) To finish the last row of knitted
  stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
     4 (lb en printing historical) To estimate the amount of space
  required by the type used for the given copy.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  cast off /kˈast ˈɒf/ 
  zavrhnout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  cast off /kˈast ˈɒf/ 
  odvrhnout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  cast off /kˈast ˈɒf/ 
  odložit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  cast off /kˈast ˈɒf/ 
  odhodit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  cast off /kˈast ˈɒf/
  Maschen abnehmen/fallen lassen
     Synonym: narrow
  
   see: knitting stitch, stitch, loop, knitting stitches, stitches, loops, knit stitch, plain stitch, purl stich, dropped stitch, unravel stitches
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  cast off /kˈast ˈɒf/
  ablegen  [naut.]
           Note: Schiff

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  cast off /kˈast ˈɒf/
  abgeschüttelt, losgeworden
        "cast off friends"  - sich von Freunden lossagen
     Synonyms: got rid of, gotten rid of
  
   see: cast off sb./sth., get rid of sb./sth., put/throw sb. off the scent, casting off, getting rid of
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  cast off /kˈast ˈɒf/
  abgeworfen, losgeworfen, fallen lassen
   see: cast off sth., casting off
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  cast off /kˈast ˈɒf/ 
  1. hylätä
  discard or reject
  2. päätellä, päättää
  finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them from the needle
  3. irrottaa
  to let go

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  cast off /kɑːstɔf/
  précipiter

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  cast off /kˈast ˈɒf/
  odbaciti konope i otisnuti se, otisnuti se, otploviti

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  153 Moby Thesaurus words for "cast off":
     abandon, abandoned, abrupt, abstract, adrift, afloat, alienate,
     aweigh, break ground, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast loose,
     cast out, castaway, cat the anchor, chuck, clear, clear away,
     clear out, clear the decks, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, deep-six,
     delete, depart, deport, derelict, detach, disarticulate, discard,
     discarded, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, disowned,
     dispel, dispose of, dissociate, disunite, ditch, divide, divorce,
     do away with, doff, douse, drop, drop the mooring, dump,
     eighty-six, eject, elide, eliminate, eradicate, estrange, exile,
     expatriate, expel, exterminate, fling off, forsaken, free,
     get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, give away, isolate, jettison,
     jilt, leave, liberate, liquidate, loose, loose for sea, loosen,
     outcast, outlaw, outside the gates, outside the pale, part,
     part with, pick out, pull away, pull back, pull out, purge,
     put off, reject, rejected, release, remove, root out, root up,
     segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, shake off,
     shoo, shut off, slip out of, slough, split, stand aloof,
     stand apart, stand aside, started, step aside, step out of,
     strike off, strike out, subtract, take off, throw away, throw off,
     throw out, throw over, throw overboard, toss overboard, unanchored,
     unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbuckle, unbutton, unchain, unclasp,
     uncouple, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unglue, unlace, unlatch,
     unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unmoor, unmoored, unstick,
     unstrap, untie, untied, unwrap, unyoke, up-anchor, weed out,
     weigh anchor, withdraw
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     解开;抛弃,摆脱,把…丢到一边

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