Upcast

Quick meaning: Upcast is an adjective meaning Cast up; thrown upward.

Meaning

Cast up; thrown upward.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

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

Old Saturn too with upcast eyes Beheld his abdicated skies

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.

Word Forms

• upcasts
• upcasting
• upcasted

Antonyms for upcast

Common opposites include downcast.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include casted, upcaught, upcarried, upbounden, urned, accumulate.

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