Meaning

1 senses

  1. A (usually weighted) fishing net that is thrown and then pulled back by means of an attached line.

    Wurfnetz, Fangnetz

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The police cast their net wide.

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  2. I cast my net into the sea.

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  3. The fishermen cast their nets into the sea.

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Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
a net thrown and then pulled back for hunting fish:

Origin

From cast + net.

From cast + net.

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Forms

plural: cast nets
Singularcast net
Pluralcast nets

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
casting net

Word family

2 related words
Derivedcast-netcast-netter

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cassetteA2castB2castanetcastawaycaste
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