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upcast

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up⋅cast

  [uhp-kast, -kahst] noun, adjective, verb, -cast, -cast⋅ing.
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–noun
1. an act of casting upward.
2. the state of being cast upward.
3. something that is cast or thrown up, as soil or earth in digging.
4. a shaft or passage up which air passes, as from a mine (opposed to downcast ).
–adjective
5. cast up; directed or thrown upward: The child looked at her father with upcast eyes.
–verb (used with object)
6. to cast up or upward.
Origin:
1300–50; ME upcasten (v.). See up-, cast
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up·cast   (ŭp'kāst')   
adj.  Directed or thrown upward: upcast volcanic ash.
n.  

  1. Something cast upward.

  2. A ventilating shaft, as in a mine.

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