castaway
a shipwrecked person.
anything cast adrift or thrown away.
an outcast.
cast adrift.
thrown away.
Origin of castaway
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How to use castaway in a sentence
Broyles, who served in Vietnam, later went on to become a Hollywood screenwriter, working on the films Apollo 13 and Cast Away.
The screenplay is by Bill Broyles, the writer responsible for Jarhead, Cast Away, and Apollo 13.
Are We in the Midst of a Kevin Costner Comeback? | Andrew Romano | January 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd that usually happens to an outsider they can cast away and say that now they are in the religious right or they are this.
Rob Black, Porn’s Dirty Whistlebower, Spills Trade Secrets | Richard Abowitz | April 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe South's former dominating position had been cast away forever.
The shirtless boy holding a FedEx package and a “Wilson” candy bucket was certainly not a reference to Cast Away, either.
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For in that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you to sin.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAnd I will cast you away from before my face, as I have cast away all your brethren, the whole seed of Ephraim.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousHast thou utterly cast away Juda, or hath thy soul abhorred Sion?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAnd I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see the holy temple again.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various“Some vessel was cast away not far from here last night,” exclaimed Toby, at length.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for castaway
/ (ˈkɑːstəˌweɪ) /
a person who has been shipwrecked
something thrown off or away; castoff
shipwrecked or put adrift
thrown away or rejected
(tr, adverb; often passive) to cause (a ship, person, etc) to be shipwrecked or abandoned
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Other Idioms and Phrases with castaway
Also, cast aside. Discard, reject, as in He picked a book, then cast it aside, or She cast away all thoughts of returning home. [Early 1400s]
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