different between explore vs umbecast

English

Etymology

From Middle French explorer, from Latin expl?r?re (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + pl?r?re (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?ksplô?, IPA^(key): /?k?spl??/
• (General American) enPR: ?ksplôr?, IPA^(key): /?k?spl??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ?kspl?r?, IPA^(key): /?k?splo(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?k?splo?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Hyphenation: ex?plore

Verb

explore (third-person singular simple present explores, present participle exploring, simple past and past participle explored)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.
2. (transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
3. (transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.

4. (intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
5. (transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.

6. (intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.

7. (intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
8. (transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.

Synonyms

• (examine or investigate systematically): delve into, research

Derived terms

• explorer

Related terms

• exploration
• explorative
• exploratory

Translations

Noun

explore (plural explores)

1. (colloquial) An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.
   • 2008, John Watters, Bonza Voyage

     Daylight was fading quickly, but I was still keen to have a little explore of the town and beach.

French

Verb

explore

1. first-person singular present indicative of explorer
2. third-person singular present indicative of explorer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of explorer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of explorer
5. second-person singular imperative of explorer

Portuguese

Verb

explore

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of explorar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of explorar
3. first-person singular imperative of explorar
4. third-person singular imperative of explorar

Spanish

Verb

explore

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of explorar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of explorar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of explorar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of explorar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English umbecasten, equivalent to umbe- +? cast or um- +? becast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mb??kæst/, /??mb??k??st/

Verb

umbecast (third-person singular simple present umbecasts, present participle umbecasting, simple past and past participle umbecast)

1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cast about; make a circuit; travel around (a place).
2. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To consider, ponder.
3. To hunt, search for the spoor, explore, seek, sniff around.
4. To surround, encircle, beset; umbeset, circle around.
5. To bind, tie up.
6. To cast a shadow, cover with a shadow, shade

References

umbecast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.