Meaning of CASTAWAY
| Pronunciation: | | 'kastu`wey
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a shipwrecked person
- [n] a person who is rejected (from society or home)
- [adj] suffering the misfortune of shipwreck; "shipwrecked sailors"; "castaways marooned on a desert island"
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CASTAWAY is a 8 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | Ishmael, outcast, pariah, shipwreck survivor, shipwrecked, unfortunate |
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| | See Also: | | abandoned person, Harijan, heretic, leper, misbeliever, religious outcast, unfortunate, unfortunate person, untouchable | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cast"a*way\, n.
1. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.
2. One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a
reprobate.
Lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself
should be a castaway. --1 Cor. ix.
27.
\Cast"a*way\, a.
Of no value; rejected; useless.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Gr. adokimos, (1 Cor. 9:27), one regarded as unworthy (R.V., "rejected"); elsewhere rendered "reprobate" (2 Tim. 3:8, etc.); "rejected" (Heb. 6:8, etc.). |
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| | Related Terms: | | abandoned, aground, castoff, cast-off, declasse, deep six, derelict, deserted, discard, discarded, discarding, disowned, displaced person, disposal, disused, dogie, DP, dumping, elimination, evictee, exile, expatriate, expellee, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, forsaken, foundered, foundling, grounded, high and dry, Ishmael, jetsam, jettison, jettisoned, junk, junking, lagan, left, leper, marooned, on the rocks, orphan, outcast, outcast of society, outcaste, outlaw, outside the gates, outside the pale, pariah, persona non grata, refuse, reject, rejectamenta, rejected, rejection, removal, rubbish, scrapping, set fast, shipwrecked, social outcast, stranded, stuck, stuck fast, swamped, throwaway, trash, unacceptable person, undesirable, untouchable, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel, wrecked |
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