Umbecast
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌʌmbəˈkæst/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Umbecast is a verb meaning (transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cast about; make a circuit; travel around (a place).
Meaning
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cast about; make a circuit; travel around (a place).
More Meanings
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To consider, ponder.
- To hunt, search for the spoor, explore, seek, sniff around.
- To surround, encircle, beset; umbeset, circle around.
- To bind, tie up.
- To cast a shadow, cover with a shadow, shade
Example Sentences
[…]and the dog came after, and umbecast about, for she had lost the very perfect feute of the hind.
Word Forms
- umbecasts
- umbecasting
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include becast, upcast, cast, surround, circumgyrate, circumfer.
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