"shadowcast" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shadowcasts [plural]
Etymology: From shadow + -cast (from broadcast). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|shadow|cast}} shadow + -cast Head templates: {{en-noun}} shadowcast (plural shadowcasts)
  1. The performance of a film by a group of amateurs at the same time as it is screened.
    Sense id: en-shadowcast-en-noun-rhadqyQG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cast, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cast: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9

Verb

Forms: shadowcasts [present, singular, third-person], shadowcasting [participle, present], shadowcast [participle, past], shadowcast [past], shadowcasted [participle, past], shadowcasted [past]
Etymology: From shadow + -cast (from broadcast). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|shadow|cast}} shadow + -cast Head templates: {{en-verb|||~|past2=+}} shadowcast (third-person singular simple present shadowcasts, present participle shadowcasting, simple past and past participle shadowcast or shadowcasted)
  1. To take part in such a performance.
    Sense id: en-shadowcast-en-verb-zGf99W9q

Inflected forms

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