cast off
Release the moorings
Cast off means to release, discard, or set free.
A boat casts off when it unties from the dock and departs.
In knitting, to cast off is to secure the final row of stitches so the work won't unravel.
Cast-off clothing or objects are things someone has discarded: She furnished her apartment with cast-offs from friends.
Release from anchorage
set sail · weigh anchor · untie · marina · dock · berth · mooring · bow
Abandon completely
- discardDeliberately throw out
- disownReject connection to
- renounceFormally give up
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
jettison · shed · relinquish · repudiate · disavow · divorce · orphan · stranded
unmoor
Release from anchorage
depart · set sail · weigh anchor · untie · marina · dock · berth · mooring · bow · stern
forsake
Abandon completely
reject · jettison · shed · relinquish · repudiate · disavow · divorce · orphan · stranded · marooned
free
Without payment or restriction
unburden · break free · escape · emancipate · liberate · unbind · loose · untether · let go · unchain
finish
Bring to completion
yarn · wool · ribbing · selvage · hem · pattern · gauge · row · stockinette · crochet
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave
- Nautical Idiomsbatten down the hatches, all hands on deck, smooth sailing, three sheets to the wind, in the same boat
- sea idiomsall at sea, dead in the water, smooth sailing, sink or swim, miss the boat
- textile craftssewing, knitting, weaving, quilting, embroidery
- rejectedrejected, spurned, rebuffed, snubbed, refused
- removeremove, peel, strip, scrape, shed