Definition of Cast around

1. Verb. Search anxiously.

Exact synonyms: Beat About, Cast About
Generic synonyms: Explore, Research, Search

Definition of Cast around

1. Verb. (ambitransitive) To cast about. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cast Around

cast
cast-iron
cast-iron plant
cast-off
cast-off(a)
cast a chill
cast a pall
cast a shadow
cast about
cast accounts
cast adrift
cast anchor
cast around (current term)
cast aside
cast aspersions
cast away
cast brace
cast down
cast fossil
cast fossils
cast iron
cast net
cast nets
cast of characters
cast off
cast on
cast one's vote

Literary usage of Cast around

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Automobile Hand-book: A Work of Practical Information for the Use of by Leonard Elliott Brookes (1905)
"... with radiating ribs cast around the cylinder and valve-chamber. ‘[he motor has a detachable, atmospherically operated admission-valve, without VERTICAL ..."

2. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1877)
"The parts were well pressed towards each other before the silk was cast around the needle, for though compressing and holding the parts together, ..."

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