What's the difference between bow and cast?

Bow


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
  • (v. t.) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
  • (v. t.) To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.
  • (v. t.) To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue.
  • (v. t.) To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.
  • (v. i.) To bend; to curve.
  • (v. i.) To stop.
  • (v. i.) To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down.
  • (v. i.) To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow.
  • (n.) An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility.
  • (v. t.) Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.
  • (v. t.) A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled.
  • (v. t.) An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string.
  • (v. t.) The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
  • (v. t.) An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument.
  • (v. t.) An arcograph.
  • (v. t.) Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
  • (v. t.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
  • (sing. or pl.) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
  • (v. i.) To play (music) with a bow.
  • (v. i. ) To manage the bow.
  • (n.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.
  • (n.) One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Aldi, Lidl and Morrisons are to raise the price they pay their suppliers for milk, bowing to growing pressure from dairy farmers who say the industry is in crisis.
  • (2) The effects of maxillary protracting bow appliance were the maxillary forward movement associated with counter-clockwise rotation of the nasal floor and the mandibular backward movement associated with clockwise rotation.
  • (3) We have urged the government not to bow to the pressure of the opposition against this law.
  • (4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mark Karpeles, president of Mt Gox bitcoin exchange, bows his head during a press conference in Tokyo after a $400m hack.
  • (5) We see central bank leaders seemingly bowing to political pressures .
  • (6) The tangential force caused massive swelling and one week later bowing of the forearm was noticed.
  • (7) Following the last model’s disappearance backstage, Galliano appeared briefly in front of the audience and bobbed a blink-and-you-missed-it bow, dressed in the white lab coat that is the uniform of the Maison Margiela label for whom he now designs.
  • (8) She walked around her Bethnal Green and Bow constituency in a crop top that showed her belly button ring; she also established herself as a hard- working MP for that area.
  • (9) A case of acute plastic bowing fractures of both the fibula and tibia in a child is presented.
  • (10) It soon became a standard text for aspiring Young Conservatives and Bow Groupers in the days before the Thatcherite tide had engulfed even those institutions.
  • (11) At 12, Focus E15 were served with a notice to appear in Bow magistrates court at 2pm.
  • (12) Labour's Michael Dugher said he welcomed the prime minister "bowing down to public pressure".
  • (13) We report four patients with unilateral bowing of the lower leg, affecting only the fibula.
  • (14) Isolated bowing of the ulna is rare, yet its occurrence, particularly in conjunction with congenital dislocation of the radial head, has been documented.
  • (15) Tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA), when isolated from human colon fibroblast (hcf) cells, is N-glycosylated differently than when isolated from the Bowes melanoma (m) cell line (Parekh et al., 1988).
  • (16) President Obama's speech on Thursday seemed to put a neat bow on the past four years.
  • (17) Before negotiations have even started, the proposed trade deal between the EU and United States has been heralded as a game-changer: an unprecedented stimulus package for the European economy, a shot across the bow for British Eurosceptics and a chance for Europe and the US to set the standard for global trade before China beats us to it.
  • (18) Kevin Anderson and Alice Bows at the Tyndall centre for climate change research at Manchester University say global carbon emissions are rising so fast that they would need to peak by 2015 and then decrease by up to 6.5% each year for atmospheric CO2 levels to stabilise at 450ppm, which might limit temperature rise to 2C.
  • (19) On Saturday the president said he had no intention of bowing to critics' calls for him to step down.
  • (20) The present study was undertaken for the purpose of detecting the influence on upper first molars by the dynamic behavior originated in face-bow construction.

Cast


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Cast
  • (v. t.) To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
  • (v. t.) To direct or turn, as the eyes.
  • (v. t.) To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
  • (v. t.) To throw down, as in wrestling.
  • (v. t.) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
  • (v. t.) To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
  • (v. t.) To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
  • (v. t.) To throw out or emit; to exhale.
  • (v. t.) To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
  • (v. t.) To impose; to bestow; to rest.
  • (v. t.) To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.
  • (v. t.) To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.
  • (v. t.) To contrive; to plan.
  • (v. t.) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
  • (v. t.) To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
  • (v. t.) To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
  • (v. t.) To stereotype or electrotype.
  • (v. t.) To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
  • (v. i.) To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
  • (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
  • (v. i.) To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
  • (v. i.) To calculate; to compute.
  • (v. i.) To receive form or shape in a mold.
  • (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
  • (v. i.) To vomit.
  • () 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.
  • (n.) The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
  • (n.) The thing thrown.
  • (n.) The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
  • (n.) A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
  • (n.) That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.
  • (n.) The act of casting in a mold.
  • (n.) An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
  • (n.) That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.
  • (n.) Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.
  • (n.) A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
  • (n.) A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.
  • (n.) The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
  • (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
  • (n.) A stoke, touch, or trick.
  • (n.) A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
  • (n.) A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
  • (n.) Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
  • (n.) Contrivance; plot, design.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The influence of mucin on the corrosion behaviour of seven typical dental casting alloys was investigated.
  • (2) Femoral angiograms were made in 21 cadavers under simulated clinical conditions, with a pressurized radiopaque casting material.
  • (3) Six of the obstructed livers developed biliary cast formation so extensive that the smaller intrhepatic ducts became plugged to an extent that they could no longer have been treated by surgical mena.
  • (4) The publicity surrounding the Rotherham child exploitation scandal, which triggered the resignation of Shaun Wright, the previous PCC, did not translate into a high turnout, with only 14.65% of the electorate casting a vote.
  • (5) Notably, while the lead actors were all professionals, most of the cast members and musicians came from Providência itself.
  • (6) Under a dissecting microscope the vascular casts revealed direct communications from the skeletal muscle which penetrated deeply into the myocardium.
  • (7) Casts of lacunae and canaliculi along with the underlying matrix could be visualized in these preparations.
  • (8) The department of corrections stressed that the two reviews were the initial reports into the execution and were narrowly cast to look specifically at whether the requirements of the state’s death penalty protocol had been complied with.
  • (9) There are, however, plenty of arguments to be made about the Slim Reaper's supporting cast.
  • (10) The resultant castings were assessed according to specific criteria relating to detailed design features.
  • (11) Updated at 12.23pm BST 12.04pm BST As Mariano Rajoy and François Hollande prepare to reveal their austerity budgets (Spain goes on Thursday and France on Friday), they might be forgiven for casting an envious eye towards Australia where government statisticians revealed that the country is A$325bn (£200bn) better off than they'd thought.
  • (12) With the cast of the long-running US series Without a Trace.
  • (13) Pointing out that “the army has its own fortune teller”, he sounds less than happy at the state of affairs: “The country is run by superstition.” Weerasethakul is in a relatively fortunate position, in that his arcane films are not exactly populist and don’t depend on the mainstream Thai film industry for funding, but he has become cast as a significant voice of dissent in a difficult time .
  • (14) Such is the secrecy around the plot – centred on an Alpine town where the dead come back to life – that not even the cast have been told about the new series, which is due to begin filming early next year.
  • (15) At yesterday's EGM in London some 93% of votes cast by non-Bolloré Group shareholders opposed his plan.
  • (16) A Bernoulli 'free-fall' numerical model is shown to reproduce the principal features of such casting, with some evidence of viscosity limitation of the turbulent flow at long casting lengths.
  • (17) Chris Williamson, of data provider Markit, said: "A batch of dismal data and a gloomier assessment of the economic outlook has cast a further dark cloud over the UK's economic health, piling pressure on the government to review its fiscal policy and growth strategy.
  • (18) 88% of the Norwegian surgeons prescribed a cast for six weeks after surgery, while only 15% of the surgeons in the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Study Group prescribe immobilization for more than four weeks.
  • (19) Read more “We know Tafe can be transformative for people who are doing it hard, bringing new skills to Indigenous communities, helping close the gender pay gap, empowering mature-age workers with the chance to retrain – not standing by while people from Holden and Ford are cast on the scrapheap,” Shorten will say.
  • (20) Problems in the seating of simple and complex castings are virtually eliminated.

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