cast off

English

Verb

cast off (third-person singular simple present casts off, present participle casting off, simple past and past participle casted off)

1. (transitive) To discard or reject something.
2. (transitive, intransitive, nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf etc) so that the vessel may make way.
3. (intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.

Translations

discard or reject

• Portuguese: rechaçar (pt), descartar (pt), eliminar (pt)

• Spanish: rechazar (es), descartar (es), eliminar (es)

to let go

• Spanish: desamarrar (es), levantar (es) amarras

finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them from the needle

• Dutch: afkanten (nl)

• Irish: caith lúb anuas (ga)

See also

• cast on
• castoff