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Antonyms for cast about
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : kast, kahst |
Phonetic Transcription : kæst, kɑst |
Definition of cast about
Origin :- mid-13c., "a throw, an act of throwing," from cast (v.). In early use especially of dice, hence figurative uses relating to fortune or fate. Meaning "that which is cast" is from c.1550s. Meaning "dash or shade of color" is from c.1600. The sense of "a throw" carried an idea of "the form the thing takes after it has been thrown," which led to widespread and varied meanings, such as "group of actors in a play" (1630s). OED finds 42 distinct noun meaning and 83 verbal ones, with many sub-definitions. Many of the figurative senses converged in a general meaning "sort, kind, style" (mid-17c.). A cast in the eye (early 14c.) preserves the older verbal sense of "warp, turn."
- As in search : verb seek to find something
- As in seek : verb look for
- As in grabble : verb grope
- As in flounder : verb struggle; be in the dark
- As in forage : verb search madly for
- As in grope : verb feel about for
- As in hunt : verb look, search for
Synonyms for cast about
- be after
- be on the lookout
- beat
- beat about
- beat the bushes
- bird-dog
- blunder
- bob for
- bobble
- cast about
- chase
- chase after
- check
- comb
- come apart at the seams
- delve
- delve for
- dig for
- drag
- dragnet
- drop the ball
- examine
- explore
- fall down
- fan
- feel
- feel blindly
- ferret
- ferret out
- fine-tooth-comb
- finger
- fish
- fish for
- flop
- flounder
- flummox
- follow
- forage
- foul up
- frisk
- fumble
- go after
- go at backwards
- go in quest of
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go through
- go to pieces
- grabble
- grope
- grub
- gun for
- handle
- hunt
- hunt for
- inquire
- inspect
- interrogate
- investigate
- labor
- leave no stone unturned
- look
- look about
- look all over hell
- look around
- look for
- look high and low
- look over
- lurch
- make a mess of
- manipulate
- miss one's cue
- mouse
- muddle
- nose
- nose around
- pilfer
- plunder
- plunge
- poke
- poke into
- pratfall
- probe
- prospect
- prowl
- pry
- pursue
- quest
- question
- raid
- rake
- ransack
- ravage
- rifle through
- root
- rummage
- run after
- run down
- scan
- scour
- scout
- scrabble
- scratch
- scratch around
- screw up
- scrounge
- scrutinize
- search
- search for
- search high heaven
- search out
- seek
- shake down
- sift
- slip up
- smell around
- snafu
- sniff out
- strive
- stub one's toe
- study
- stumble
- thrash
- toil
- toss
- touch
- trace
- track down
- trail
- travail
- trip up
- try to find
- tumble
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- wallow
- winnow
- work at
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