undercast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unbroken or nearly unbroken cloud layer below the point of observation.
  2. An air-passage crossing a road in a mine by means of an airtight box or channel beneath it.
verb
  1. To allocate the parts in (a play or film) to insufficiently skilled actors.
  2. To throw under or beneath.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undercast.wav

Word forms

undercast undercasts undercasting undercasted

Etymology

From Middle English undercasten, equivalent to under- + cast.

Antonyms

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