cast+about
31cast — [c]/kast / (say kahst) verb (cast, casting) –verb (t) 1. to throw; fling; hurl (away, off, out, etc.) 2. to throw off or away. 3. to direct (the eye, a glance, etc.) 4. to cause (light, etc.) to fall upon something or in a certain direction. 5.… …
32cast around for — phrasal verb cast around for or cast about for [transitive] Word forms cast around for : present tense I/you/we/they cast around for he/she/it casts around for present participle casting around for past tense cast around for past participle cast… …
33cast — [[t]kæst, kɑst[/t]] v. cast, cast•ing, n. 1) to throw or hurl; fling: to cast dice; to cast aside the newspaper[/ex] 2) to direct (the eye, a glance, etc.) 3) to cause to fall; put or send forth: to cast a soft light; to cast a spell; to cast… …
34about ship — Synonyms and related words: back and fill, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change course, change the heading, come about, double a point,… …
35cast — cast1 verb (past and past participle cast) 1》 throw forcefully in a specified direction. ↘throw so as to spread over an area. 2》 cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface. ↘direct (one s eyes or thoughts) towards something.… …
36cast around — verb search anxiously (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑cast about, ↑beat about • Hypernyms: ↑research, ↑search, ↑explore • Verb Frames …
37cast around for — PHRASAL VERB If you cast around for something or cast about for it, you try to find it or think of it. [V P P n] She had been casting around for a good excuse to go to New York. (in BRIT, also use cast about for) …
38cast — v 1. throw, toss, dart, shy, chuck, pitch; hurl, dash, sling, let fly, send, launch; fling, flirt, heave, jerk, cant, shoot, catapult. 2. disseminate, scatter, spread, bespread, strew, bestrew, sow, broadcast; distribute, disperse, circulate;… …
39cast around — intransitive verb Date: 1904 cast about …
40Cast stone — is defined as “a refined architectural concrete building unit manufactured to simulate natural cut stone, used in unit masonry applications”. In the UK and Europe cast stone is defined as “any material manufactured with aggregate and cementitious …
