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cross-casting

cross-casting is the present participle and gerund of cross-cast.

Meaning of cross-cast

Verb

cross-cast (third-person singular simple present cross-casts, present participle cross-casting, simple past and past participle cross-cast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) cross-casted)

  1. To add up the separately computed totals from each column to ensure that they agree with the overall total.
  2. To cast an actor of the opposite gender to play a part.

Questions about cross-casting

What is cross-casting the present participle and gerund of?
Cross-casting is the present participle and gerund of cross-cast.

Words near cross-casting in the dictionary

  1. cross-buying
  2. cross-buys
  3. cross-cap
  4. cross-caps
  5. cross-cast
  6. cross-casting
  7. cross-casts
  8. cross-chain
  9. cross-chained
  10. cross-chaining
  11. cross-chains

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