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casts over

casts over is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cast over.

Meaning of cast over

Verb

cast over (third-person singular simple present casts over, present participle casting over, simple past and past participle cast over)

  1. (idiomatic) To ponder; to consider or think about.
  2. (figuratively) To spread a sense of doom about a subject
    • The projections cast doubt over the future of the business.
  3. To cast into another fisher's area or so as to cross over their line.
  4. To direct one's attention towards something.
    • My eyes cast over the anomaly.

Questions about casts over

What is casts over the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Casts over is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cast over.

Words near casts over in the dictionary

  1. casts one's net wide
  2. casts one's net wider
  3. casts one's vote
  4. casts out
  5. casts out the Devil with Beelzebub
  6. casts over
  7. casts pearls before swine
  8. casts round
  9. casts snowballs
  10. casts someone's water
  11. casts the first stone

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