cast up en · VERB
Meanings
- (transitive) To wash something onto the shore.
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(dated, transitive) To compute.
He hated her as she bent forward and pored over his things. He hated her way of patiently casting him up, as if he were an endless psychological account.
1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 11”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:When the Columns N S E W, are compleated, cast up the Figures in the Columns N and S, and also those in the Columns E and W.
1771, Arthur Burns, Geodaesia Improved:
- (transitive) To bring up as a reproach.
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(archaic, transitive) To construct by digging.
Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 62:10:to cast up earthworks
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(transitive) To apply a cast to a broken limb.
The doctor cast up my leg.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cast up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| cast up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| casting up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| casts up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
es echar cuentas (to compute) · ru подводи́ть ито́г (to compute) · ru подсчи́тывать (to compute)