Upcast

/ˈʌpkæst/ · adjective

Meaning

Cast up; thrown upward..

Definitions by Sense

1. Cast up; thrown upward.
2. (bowling) A cast; a throw.
3. (mining) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
4. (mining) A current of air passed along such a shaft.
5. (Scotland) An upset, as from a carriage.
6. (Scotland) A taunt; a reproach.
7. (computing) A cast from subtype to supertype.
8. A message transmitted via upcasting.

Example Sentences

Old Saturn too with upcast eyes Beheld his abdicated skies

When I kissed the jack, upon an upcast to be hit away

for what with the upcast and terror that I got a wee while syne, and what wi' the wee bit taste that I behoved to take of the plottie while I was making it, my head is sair eneugh distressed the night already.

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Word Forms

• more upcast
• most upcast
• upcasts
• upcasting
• upcast
• upcasted

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