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cast about
cast about or cast aroundvb (intr, adverb) to make a mental or visual search: to cast about for an idea for a book. Thesaurus| Verb | 1. cast about - search anxiously beat about, cast aroundexplore, research, search - inquire into; "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness" |
castverb1. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm:dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shoot, shy, sling, throw, toss.Informal: fire.2. To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something:aim, direct, head, level, point, set, train, turn, zero in.Military: lay.3. To send out heat, light, or energy:emit, irradiate, project, radiate, shed, throw.4. To form a strategy for:blueprint, chart, conceive, contrive, design, devise, formulate, frame, lay, plan, project, scheme, strategize, work out.Informal: dope out.Idiom: lay plans.5. To ascertain by mathematics:calculate, cipher, compute, figure, reckon.6. To combine (figures) to form a sum:add (up), foot (up), sum (up), tot (up), total, totalize.phrasal verb
cast aboutTo try to find something:hunt, look, quest, search, seek.phrasal verb
cast outTo rid one's mind of:banish, dismiss, dispel, shut out.noun1. An act of throwing:fling, heave, hurl, launch, pitch, shy, sling, throw, toss.2. A disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood:aspect, countenance, expression, face, look, visage.3. A hollow device for shaping a fluid or plastic substance:form, matrix, mold.4. The external outline of a thing:configuration, figure, form, pattern, shape.5. A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members:breed, description, feather, ilk, kind, lot, manner, mold, nature, order, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety.Informal: persuasion.6. An inclination to something:bent, bias, disposition, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, squint, tendency, trend, turn.7. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation:hue, tinge, tint, tone.cast about
cast about for (something)1. To search for or seek something by looking randomly or in many places. (In fishing, "casting" is the act of throwing one's fishing line or net into the water.) Although Pam has taken classes in a variety of disciplines during her three years at college, she's still casting about for a major.2. To create a plan or method for doing something. The boss wants us to cast about for a way to improve that floundering program.See also: castcast about1. Also, cast around. Seek, make a search, as in We cast about for the necessary tools, but couldn't find them in the garage. [Late 1600s] 2. Devise means, contrive, as in They cast about for new ways to increase revenue. This usage was first recorded in 1867. See also: castEncyclopediaSeeCastMedicalSeecastcast about
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