cast-n; 12 Senses

Sense Number 1: actors in a play

Commentary: CAST[+group][+people][+role][+actors][+in_play]

Examples:
The cast stood together for their curtain call.
The director is putting together the cast for his new film.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: a container, a mold, in which to form objects

Commentary: CAST[+artifact][+container][+mold]

Examples:
The hot metal is poured into casts of sand.
Mary used old milk cartons as casts for her homemade candles.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: any object formed from a mold

Commentary: CAST[+artifact][+form][+molded]

Examples:
The sculpture is a bronze cast.
The student made a wax cast of the sculpture before working in stone.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 6

Sense Number 4: the defining trait or characteristic of something

Commentary: CAST[+quality][+trait][+defining]

Examples:
The sailor's face has a masculine, weathered cast.
This question is for minds of a more philosophical cast than mine.
Pottery of this cast was found across that region during the 9th and 10th centuries.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4

Sense Number 5: a plaster bandage

Commentary: CAST[+artifact][+bandage][+plaster]

Examples:
John gets the cast off his arm next week.
Mary asked for a hot pink cast on her leg.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 6: a toss of dice

Commentary: CAST[+event][+toss][+of_dice]

Examples:
The man's casts kept suspiciously coming up as sevens all the time.
He lost a fortune on one cast of the dice.

Mappings:
PropBank: cast.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7

Sense Number 7: throwing a fishing line

Commentary: CAST[+event][+throw][+of_fishing_line]

Examples:
Pete taught his son some fly-fishing casts.
The fisherman made a skillful cast of his line into the river.

Mappings:
PropBank: cast.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8

Sense Number 8: the act of hurling an object

Commentary: CAST[+event][+hurl][+of_object]

Examples:
The cast of the first stone came from someone in the front of the crowd.
The warrior grabbed a spear for a third cast against the foe.

Mappings:
PropBank: cast.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9

Sense Number 9: substance digestively ejected by an animal

Commentary: CAST[+artifact][+substance][+ejected][+digestively][+by_animal]

Examples:
We noticed a lot of worm casts in the mud along the side of the trail.
This pellet is a cast from either an owl or a hawk.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 10: a slight squint

Commentary: CAST[+quality][+trait][+squint][+slight]

Examples:
The boy had a cast in one eye.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 11: a search over terrain by a pack of hounds

Commentary: CAST[+event][+search][+of_location][+by_hounds]

Examples:
The cast of the dogs took them over wooded areas and meadows.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 6

Sense Number 12: none of the above

Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)

Examples:

Mappings:
PropBank: NM