castaway
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castaway
- /ˈkæs.tə.weɪ/ US
- /ˈkɑːstəweɪ/ UK
- /ˈkæstəweɪ/ UK
Where it comes from
Deverbal from cast away.
adjective
- Cast adrift or ashore; marooned. After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.
- Shipwrecked. The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island.
- Cast out; rejected or excluded from a group.
noun castaways
- A shipwrecked sailor. Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway.
- A discarded person or thing. This old coat was a castaway in someone's trash.
- An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society. These homeless people are society's castaways.
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adj cast adrift
| हिन्दी | अपवाहित apvāhit |
|---|---|
| Français | naufragé |
| Română | naufragiat |
noun nautical: shipwrecked sailor
| Español | náufrago |
|---|---|
| Português | náufrago |
| Français | naufragé |
| Deutsch | Schiffbrüchiger |
| Italiano | naufrago |
| Română | vas naufragiat |
| Русский | потерпе́вший кораблекруше́ние poterpévšij korablekrušénije |
noun discarded person or thing
| Deutsch | Fallengelassener, Abgewiesener, Weggeworfenes, weggeworfener Gegenstand, Wegwurf |
|---|---|
| Русский | вы́брошенный výbrošennyj, вы́кинутый výkinutyj |
| עברית | פסולת |
noun someone cast out of a group or society
| Español | apestado, apestada, marginado, marginada |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Ausgestoßener |
| Русский | па́рия párija, изгна́нник izgnánnik, изгна́нница izgnánnica, изго́й izgój, отве́рженный otvéržennyj |
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@misc{castaway_2026,
title = {castaway},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/castaway},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
