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sidecasted

sidecasted is the simple past 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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Questions about sidecasted

What is sidecasted the simple past of?
Sidecasted is the simple past of sidecast.

Words near sidecasted in the dictionary

  1. sidecarcross
  2. sidecarist
  3. sidecarists
  4. sidecars
  5. sidecast
  6. sidecasted
  7. sidecasting
  8. sidecasts
  9. sidechain
  10. sidechained
  11. sidechaining

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