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offcasting

offcasting is the present participle and gerund of offcast.

Meaning of offcast

Verb

offcast (third-person singular simple present offcasts, present participle offcasting, simple past and past participle offcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) offcasted)

  1. (transitive) To cast off; shed.
  2. (transitive) To remove from the cast of a production.
    • The experiment to offcast Davis began in 1937 with That Certain Woman; "She's a lady," we are told.1985, Tino Balio, The American film industry

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Questions about offcasting

What is offcasting the present participle and gerund of?
Offcasting is the present participle and gerund of offcast.

Words near offcasting in the dictionary

  1. offcap
  2. offcapped
  3. offcapping
  4. offcaps
  5. offcast
  6. offcasting
  7. offcasts
  8. offchance
  9. Offchurch
  10. offcome
  11. offcomer

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