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The bronze statue is being cast next week.

to make an object by pouring hot liquid, such as melted metal, into a shaped container where it becomes hard

My leg was in a cast for about six weeks.

cast - a hard covering used to keep a broken bone in the correct position and protect it until it heals

The moon cast a white light into the room.; The tree cast a shadow over/on his face.; figurative - Her arrival cast a shadow over/on the party (= made it less pleasant).

She cast a quick look in the rear mirror.

Could you cast an eye over this report for me?

The knight cast the sword far out into the lake.

He cast the line to the middle of the river.; We watched the trout fishermen casting their lines.

New evidence has cast doubt on the guilty verdict.

His opponents cast aspersions on his patriotism.

If you cast your mind back, you might recall that I never promised to go.

All the votes in the election have now been cast and the counting has begun.; Altogether, 358 votes were cast.; Building society members can today cast their votes on the biggest merger in building society history.

The old woman cast a spell on the prince and he turned into a frog.; figurative - When I was 17, jazz cast its spell on me (= I started to like it very much).

a cast-iron frying pan

He has a cast-iron stomach - he can eat anything.

Can you give me a cast-iron guarantee that the work will be completed on time?

always had to wear my sister's cast-offs as a child.

cast-off - adj. - cast-off clothes

die-cast - adj. - a die-cast toy

From the moment the negotiations failed, the die was cast and war was inevitable.; die - US - kostka - UK or old use - dice - a small cube (= object with six equal square sides) with a different number of spots on each side, used in games involving chance

die - matryca, stempel - a shaped piece or mould (= hollow container) made of metal or other hard material, used to shape or put a pattern on metal or plastic

I don't think much of the new pans that have a rough, sand-cast finish.; Enameled cast iron cookware is produced in a sand-cast process.; He helped us to pour the liquid into a sand-cast mould.

also - a copy of a statue or similar object, made of plaster of Paris

She spent years casting about for a career.; Fashion editors are always casting around for words to describe colours.

to look around for something

The ship was scheduled to cast off at 8 p.m.

If you were cast away on a desert island, what would you miss most?

castaway - noun - a person who has escaped from a ship that has sunk, and managed to get to an island or country where there are few or no other people

Everyone who works for that firm seems to be cast in the same mould.

I'm afraid you're casting pearls before swine with your good advice - he won't listen.

The company was absorbed into a large conglomerate and most of its employees cast adrift.; While the government does not have the power to remove him, the damaging claims may persuade them to cast him adrift.

They plotted to get rid of the Duke by casting him adrift on the ocean in a tiny boat.

Cast out by his family, he was forced to fend for himself.

You must cast aside all thoughts of revenge.; Barriers to women in sport are being cast away.

Her father's illness had cast a shadow over the birth of her baby.

As an economist, he was able to shed some light on the problem.

If you need help, ask Mark - he's running the show.

gips, gipsować; to spread plaster on a surface

Timmy had sticking plasters on both knees.; a box of waterproof plasters; Put a plaster on it so that it doesn't get infected.

a sticking-plaster approach/solution/measure; sticking-plaster politics; It was a band-aid solution for a major, long-term problem.

used to describe something that will only be helpful for a short time or in a limited way

The torrential rain had plastered her hair to her head.

She had plastered her bedroom walls with photos of pop stars.; The car was plastered with mud.; The story was plastered all over (= printed so that it completely covered) the front page of the newspaper.

I've done the plastering, fitted a new fireplace and painted and wallpapered.

a mixture of a white powder and water that becomes hard as it dries and is used to make statues, molds, and other objects

She glanced around/round the room to see who was there.; Could you glance over/through this letter and see if it's alright?; He glanced at her sidelong and smiled.; He glanced at the letter and then tossed it into the bin.

She took/cast a glance at her watch.; She threw him an angry and reproving glance.; Annette was getting lots of admiring glances in her new red dress.; They exchanged conspiratorial glances, so I knew they were planning something.

He gave her a sidelong glance.; He glanced at her sidelong and smiled.

The sunlight glanced on the lake.

She could see at a glance that something was seriously wrong.

At first glance the deal looked wonderful, but after reading the fine print he wasn’t so sure.

The bullets glanced off the car.

She left the city where she had lived all her life without a backward glance.

She shot him a glance as he entered the room.

I managed to sneak in through the back door while she wasn't looking.; He sneaked out of the house, going out through the back way.; Make sure you sneak a little bit of protein into your snacks.

She was always sneaking on other kids in the class.

skarżypyta - a person who tells people in authority when someone else does something bad - You told Mrs Cooper that it was me who tipped the paint over, didn't you - you nasty little sneak!

I noticed him sneak a look at what I was writing.

The company is offering a sneak peek at the new software.

an opportunity to see something before it is officially available

I thought I'd sneak up on him (= move close to him without him seeing) and give him a surprise.; Overton sneaked up behind Brown and knocked the ball out of bounds.

If an event or day sneaks up on you, it arrives before you are ready for it.

Close your eyes. Don't peek. I've got a surprise for you.; I peeked out the window to see who was there.; The children peeked over the wall to see where the ball had gone.

have/take a peek - informal - to look at something for a short time - If I'm passing by I might take a peek at the new premises.

I could just see her petticoat peeking out from under her skirt.; The dog’s head peeked out from behind the tree.

I saw her peeping through the curtains/into the room.; He peeped over his shoulder to see if anyone was watching.

A few early flowers had peeped up through the snow.;

No one has raised a peep about this dreadful behaviour.; One more peep out of you and there'll be no television tomorrow.; There hasn't been a peep out of (= any form of communication from) my sister for a couple of weeks.

a sound, or a spoken word - She’s too scared to make a peep.

Take/Have a peep at what it says in this letter.

peep-toe sandals

Lush turf lined the river’s banks.

darniować - to cover a piece of land with turf; Turf is also ground cover that looks like grass - artificial turf

Antiques are very much her turf.; By launching a line in beauty products they are challenging the bigger company on its own turf.; It was an unproductive meeting with everyone simply trying to defend their own turf.

an area of activity in which a person or company has a lot of knowledge and experience and which they believe belongs to them

Judges feel that the courtroom is their private turf.; The gymnastics team won the championship on their home turf.; The fight over high-definition TV standards has been a turf war among the electronics, motion picture, and recording industries.

In this job customer complaints come with the turf.; Of the fierce media attention he says: 'It goes with the turf'.; Criticism goes with the territory in politics.; The public attention that famous people get just goes with the territory.

Export figures are good, but the company is losing sales on home turf.

The company was damaged by constant turf wars between departments.

a situation in which two or more people or organizations are in competition over an area of business or other activity

a/the bookmaker's - a place where bookmakers work - He went down to the bookmaker's/bookie's in Chesterton Road to place a bet on the race.

I turfed out a load of old shoes last week.

She'll be turfed out of the study group if she carries on being disruptive.; They turfed me out of the office so they could hold the meeting in private.; You need to learn how to do the job or they'll turf you out!

His teacher described him as a noisy, disruptive influence in class.; The teacher said disruptive behavior would not be tolerated.

If this immigration regulation is deemed to be disruptive to the rest of the EU, controls on free movement could be re-imposed.

A disruptive technology overturns a traditional business model, which makes it much harder for an established firm to embrace.

He contends that so many new and disruptive technologies have emerged in the last few years that no company is immune to competition.