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ALL meanings of upcast

up·cast
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  • noun upcast an act of casting upward. 1
  • noun upcast the state of being cast upward. 1
  • noun upcast something that is cast or thrown up, as soil or earth in digging. 1
  • noun upcast a shaft or passage up which air passes, as from a mine (opposed to downcast). 1
  • adjective upcast cast up; directed or thrown upward: The child looked at her father with upcast eyes. 1
  • verb with object upcast to cast up or upward. 1
  • noun upcast (bowling) A cast; a throw. 0
  • noun upcast (mining) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine. 0
  • noun upcast (Scotland) An upset, as from a carriage. 0
  • noun upcast (Scotland) A taunt; a reproach. 0
  • noun upcast (computing) A cast from subtype to supertype. 0
  • noun upcast A message transmitted via upcasting. 0
  • verb upcast (Transitive Verb) OBS To cast or throw up; to turn upward. 0
  • verb upcast (Transitive Verb) (Scotland) To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. 0
  • verb upcast (Transitive Verb) (computing) To cast from subtype to supertype. 0
  • verb upcast To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft. 0
  • adjective upcast Cast up; thrown upward. 0
  • noun upcast material cast or thrown up 0
  • noun upcast a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine 0
  • noun upcast (in a fault) the section of strata that has been displaced upwards 0
  • adjective upcast directed or thrown upwards 0
  • verb upcast to throw or cast up 0
  • noun upcast something cast or thrown up 0
  • noun upcast upthrow (sense 2) 0
  • noun upcast a ventilating shaft for returning air to the surface 0
  • adjective upcast thrown upward 0
  • adjective upcast directed upward 0
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