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umbecasting

umbecasting is the present participle and gerund of umbecast.

Meaning of umbecast

Verb

umbecast (third-person singular simple present umbecasts, present participle umbecasting, simple past and past participle umbecast)

  1. (dialectal, intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To cast about; make a circuit; travel around (a place).
  2. (dialectal, intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To consider, ponder.
  3. To hunt, search for the spoor, explore, seek, sniff around.
    • […]and the dog came after, and umbecast about, for she had lost the very perfect feute of the hind.1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC...
  4. To surround, encircle, beset; umbeset, circle around.
  5. To bind, tie up.
  6. To cast a shadow, cover with a shadow, shade

Questions about umbecasting

What is umbecasting the present participle and gerund of?
Umbecasting is the present participle and gerund of umbecast.

Words near umbecasting in the dictionary

  1. Umbaugh
  2. Umbaughs
  3. UMBC
  4. umbe-
  5. umbecast
  6. umbecasting
  7. umbeclap
  8. umbedraw
  9. umbedrawing
  10. umbego
  11. umbegoing

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