umbecast
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To cast about; make a circuit; travel around (a place).
- (transitive) 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
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English umbecasten prefix from English cast (try), becast.
Origin
English
becast
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftercast English
- beachcast English
- becast English
- bicast English
- braincast English
- broadcast English
- cast English
- cast about English
- cast down English
- cast net English
- castability English
- castable English
- casted English
- caster English
- casteth English
- castful English
- casting English
- castless English
- castling English
- castmate English
- castmember English
- castoff English
- castworthy English
- colorcast English
- cross-cast English
- diecast English
- downcast English
- forcast English
- forcasten English
- forecast English
- forncast English
- forthcast English
- hydrocast English
- lifecast English
- miscast English
- molecast English
- newcast English
- off-cast English
- offcast English
- opencast English
- outcast English
- overcast English
- precast English
- recast English
- roughcast English
- sand-cast English
- shadowcast English
- sidecast English
- starcast English
- stonecast English
- surfcast English
- typecast English
- umcast English
- uncast English
- undercast English
- upcast English
- wormcast English
- casten German
- cast Italian
- cast Dutch, Flemish
- casten Dutch, Flemish
- kastie Dutch, Flemish
- bicasten Middle English
- casten Middle English
- umbecasten Middle English
- kasta Old Norse
- 卡司 Chinese
- 卡士 Chinese
- cast
- uncast
- casted
- becast
- recast
- caster
- bicast
- upcast
- umcast
- newcast
- castful
- forcast
- castoff
- offcast
- casteth
- precast
- diecast
- casting
- miscast
- outcast
- forecast
- wormcast
- castable
- lifecast
- castless
- downcast
- starcast
- typecast
- opencast
- surfcast
- forncast
- molecast
- castling
- cast net
- overcast
- off-cast
- castmate
- sidecast
- braincast
- broadcast
- colorcast
- beachcast
- roughcast
- undercast
- cast down
- stonecast
- forthcast
- aftercast
- sand-cast
- forcasten
- hydrocast
- castmember
- shadowcast
- cross-cast
- cast about
- castworthy
- castability