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offcast en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English ofcasten, equivalent to off- + cast. Cognate with Danish afkaste (“to shed”), Swedish avkasta (“to crop, throw off, yield”). The noun is possibly derived from Middle English ofcast (“the refuse of plants”).

Meanings

1. That which is rejected as useless.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
offcasts	Number=Plur		lexicographic
off-cast		alternative	lexicographic

offcast en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English ofcasten, equivalent to off- + cast. Cognate with Danish afkaste (“to shed”), Swedish avkasta (“to crop, throw off, yield”). The noun is possibly derived from Middle English ofcast (“the refuse of plants”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To cast off; shed.
2. (transitive) To remove from the cast of a production.
   • [...] and Paramount was not inclined to offcast its stars, the story was dropped. 1997, Ann M. Sperber, Eric Lax, Bogart:
   • White actresses were able to maintain a more multidimensional star persona than actresses of color, thanks in large part to their ability to off-cast themselves in challenging roles and control their off-screen image through publicity. 2015, Emily Carman, Independent Stardom:
   • The experiment to offcast Davis began in 1937 with That Certain Woman; "She's a lady," we are told. 1985, Tino Balio, The American film industry:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
offcast	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
offcast	Tense=Past		lexicographic
off-cast		alternative	lexicographic
offcasting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
offcasted	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes	lexicographic
offcasted	Tense=Past	common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes	lexicographic
offcasts	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic