cast about
cast about · casts about · cast about · casting about
To try to find; look around; searchTo try to find; look around; search.
» I cast about for a suitable reply.
Я попытался найти подходящий ответ.
Я намагалася знайти слушну відповідь.
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive)To try to find; look around; search.
The hounds cast about for the fox's trail.
search anxiously
(transitive)To plan; plot; contrive.
Examples
1 sentencesI cast about for a suitable reply.
Я намагалася знайти слушну відповідь.
ruЯ попытался найти подходящий ответ.
Origin
From cast (“to try”) + about, perhaps dissimulated from becast (“to cast about, plot”). CoFrom cast (“to try”) + about, perhaps dissimulated from becast (“to cast about, plot”). Compare also Old English costian (“to try, examine”). More at cast, costen.
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Forms
casts about, casting about, cast about, cast about| Base form | cast about · to cast about |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | casts about |
| Present participle | casting about |
| Past simple | cast about |
| Past participle | cast about |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
12 phrasal verbs- cast offупустити, упускатиTo discard or reject something.
- cast outприбрати, прибиратиTo drive out; to expel.
- cast downдеморалізувати, деморалізовуватиTo make (a person) discouraged or dejected.
- cast awayприбрати, прибиратиTo discard.
- cast asideвідмовлятися, відкидатиSynonym of discard.
- cast upTo wash something onto the shore.
- cast onTo start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on a needle.
- cast backTo think about or imagine to a time in the past; to search or refer to one's memories of the past.
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- search anxiously:beat aboutcast around
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb