| 单词 | to cast loose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cast loose 63. transitive. to cast loose: to unfasten or let loose with force or decisiveness, set adrift; said esp. of a boat, or the like; also to cast adrift. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from confinement unbindc950 to let freec1000 aletOE to let out1154 loosea1225 slakec1374 loosen1382 to let goc1384 releasec1384 unloosec1400 unlockc1410 dissolvec1420 relievec1450 unloosen?a1475 to set at liberty1509 enlargea1513 to let at large1525 to let loose1530 to turn loose?1566 enfranchise1569 to turn up1573 enfranch1581 unkennel1589 unwind1596 to cast loosec1600 disimmure1611 disimprison1611 unhamper1620 to let abroad1633 unfold1633 disencloister1652 disencage1654 discagea1657 disincarcerate1665 eliminate1745 unspherea1806 unmew1818 unbottle1821 uncage1837 unbag1854 bust1921 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > and release loose1382 abandon1582 to cast loosec1600 disengage1662 enfranchise1682 unwhip1683 release1807 society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > cast adrift to cast adrift1805 c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 52 All the people were cassin sa lowse, and war becum of sik dissolute myndis. 1660 J. Guthrie in Life (1846) 249 The Lords Day disregarded and casten loose. 1751 Adm. Hawke in Naval Chron. 7 464 Instead of daring to cast the squadron loose. 1805 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. III. 353 The captain ordered the boat to be cast loose. 1805 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. III. 354 The boat..turned bottom upwards, her lashings being cast loose. 1805 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. IV. 27 The boat was veered astern, and soon after cast adrift. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. ii. 284 The smallest possibility of error on the part of God would cast the universe loose from its moral obligation. 1884 S. Baring-Gould Mehalah (new ed.) ii. 27 She..cast loose, and began to row. < as lemmas |
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