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What does cast off mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word cast off? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To discard or reject something.
  2. (transitive) 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.
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Once the bow has been pushed away from the dock, cast off stern spring, brace around foreyards on a starboard tack.
In February 2004, volunteers cast off their veils to install a 350 ft water pipe and 150 ft of waste piping.
It's Hallowe'en this Friday, the perfect opportunity to cast off your tried and tested clothes and make-up and emerge in a more daring disguise.
Here I cannot afford to be remembering what I said or did, my scurf cast off, but what I am and aspire to become.
Is it time to cast off the bovver boots and pull on some sensible walking shoes?
While the fallen have long since cast off their earthly form, the land which cradled them and shared their suffering will never disappear.

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