Casted

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ˈkæstɪd/

Definitions

1. The past tense of throwing or sending something through the air ; the past tense of shaping an object by pouring liquid material into a mold
2. Used to describe the action of having thrown or projected an item ; used when someone has formed a shape by letting liquid harden in a mold
3. Refers to having hurled or flung an object ; refers to having created a form by pouring material into a mold and allowing it to solidify

Etymology: "Casted" is an inflected form: the past tense and past participle of "cast," with the regular "-ed" ending added to a verb that was itself borrowed from Old Norse. The verb traces back to Proto-Germanic "*kastōnąn," which passed into Old Norse as "kasta," meaning "to throw." Middle English took it up as "casten," and by the time of modern English the word had settled into "cast," whose past tense is "cast" rather than "casted." That is why "casted" sounds unusual to many speakers. The standard past form is "cast," as in "she cast the net," and "casted" appears mainly in the sense of shaping metal or other material in a mold, where it has been used alongside "cast." The "-ed" ending is a regular past-tense marker that some speakers have extended to this verb, even though the irregular form remains the usual choice.

Synonyms: threw, thrown, threw away, flung, projected

Antonyms: caught, held, retained, recovered, gathered