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sidecasting

sidecasting is the present participle and gerund 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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Noun

sidecasting (uncountable)

  1. The practice of dumping excavated material alongside the line being excavated.

Questions about sidecasting

What does sidecasting mean?
Sidecasting means the practice of dumping excavated material alongside the line being excavated.
What is sidecasting the present participle and gerund of?
Sidecasting is the present participle and gerund of sidecast.
What part of speech is sidecasting?
Sidecasting is a noun.

Words near sidecasting in the dictionary

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

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