castaway

[ kast-uh-wey, kahst- ]

/ ˈkæst əˌweɪ, ˈkɑst- /

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noun

a shipwrecked person.

anything cast adrift or thrown away.

an outcast.

adjective

cast adrift.

thrown away.

OTHER WORDS FOR castaway

3 pariah, outlaw, leper.

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Origin of castaway

First recorded in 1520–30; noun, adj. use of verb phrase cast away

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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.
War Is Hell and Such Good Fun|Don Gomez|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The screenplay is by Bill Broyles, the writer responsible for Jarhead, Cast Away, and Apollo 13.
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And that usually happens to an outsider they can cast away and say that now they are in the religious right or they are this.
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The South's former dominating position had been cast away forever.
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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|Various
And 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|Various
Hast thou utterly cast away Juda, or hath thy soul abhorred Sion?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
And 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

castaway

/ (ˈkɑːstəˌweɪ) /

noun

a person who has been shipwrecked

something thrown off or away; castoff

adjective (prenominal)

shipwrecked or put adrift

thrown away or rejected

verb cast away

(tr, adverb; often passive) to cause (a ship, person, etc) to be shipwrecked or abandoned

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cast away

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]

Squander, waste, as in She cast away a fortune on jewelry. Shakespeare used this idiom in King John (2:1): “France, hast thou yet more blood to cast away?” [Early 1500s]

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