Upcast

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Directed or thrown upward: upcast volcanic ash.
  • n. Something cast upward.
  • n. A ventilating shaft, as in a mine.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. - Joseph Addison.
  • n. A cast; a throw. - Shakespeare
  • n. The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
  • n. An upset, as from a carriage.
  • n. A taunt; a reproach. - Sir W. Scott
  • n. A cast from subtype to supertype.
  • n. A message transmitted via upcasting
  • v. To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
  • v. To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
  • v. To cast from subtype to supertype.
  • v. To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Cast up; thrown upward.
  • n. A cast; a throw.
  • n. The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; -- distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft.
  • n. An upset, as from a carriage.
  • n. A taunt; a reproach.
  • v. To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
  • v. To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cast or throw up.
  • Cast up: a term used in bowling.
  • Thrown or turned upward; directed up: as, upcast eyes.
  • n. The act of casting or hurling upward, or the state of being cast upward; also, that which is cast upward; an upthrow.
  • n. In bowling, a cast; a throw.
  • n. In mining, the shaft or passage of any kind through which the air is taken out of a mine; the out-take: the opposite of downcast (which see) and downtake.
  • n. An upward current of air passing through a shaft or the like.
  • n. The state of being overturned; an upset.
  • n. A taunt; a reproach.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine
    • Verb Form
    upcasting    upcasts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    air duct    air passage    airway   
    Variant
    upcast pit    upcast shaft   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cast    throw    taunt    reproach    upbraid   
    Same Context
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