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sidecasts

sidecasts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sidecast.

sidecasts is the plural 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 sidecasts

What is sidecasts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sidecasts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sidecast.

Words near sidecasts in the dictionary

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

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