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side-cast

side-cast is the alternative form of sidecast.

Meaning of sidecast

Verb

sidecast (third-person singular simple present sidecasts, present participle sidecasting, simple past and past participle sidecast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) sidecasted)

  1. To eject waste material that has been excavated or dredged to the side, rather than hauling it away.
    • The dragline sidecasts material into a 'wet' stockpile located on-shore, immediately adjacent to the excavation.1976, Barbers Point Harbor, Oahu: Environmental Impact Statement
  2. To cast a fishing line at an angle of 90 degrees using a special type of reel that rotates on its rod.
    • I bait his hook with a plump and squirmy shrimp. With one arm, he sidecasts between two spindly roots.2015, Ana Veciana-Suarez, Birthday Parties in Heaven, →ISBN

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Forms of side-cast

Verb
third-person singular presentside-casts
present participleside-casting
past participleside-cast
pastside-cast
past participle common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimesside-casted
past common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimesside-casted
Noun
pluralside-casts

Questions about side-cast

What is side-cast the alternative form of?
Side-cast is the alternative form of sidecast.

Words near side-cast in the dictionary

  1. side-blown
  2. side-boob
  3. side-boobs
  4. side-by-side
  5. side-by-sides
  6. side-cast
  7. side-casted
  8. side-casting
  9. side-casts
  10. side-channel
  11. side-channels

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