upcast
Americannoun
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an act of casting upward.
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the state of being cast upward.
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something that is cast or thrown up, as soil or earth in digging.
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a shaft or passage up which air passes, as from a mine (opposed to downcast).
adjective
verb (used with object)
noun
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material cast or thrown up
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a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine Compare downcast
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geology (in a fault) the section of strata that has been displaced upwards
adjective
verb
Etymology
Origin of upcast
Example Sentences
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There she is with her upcast eyes, unknowable sorrow and perfect sympathy.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
I saw wild hands upcast to the gloom above, a shrunken, pallid face, the gleam of snow-white hair.
From Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Jeffery Farnol
"And they could now communicate with the workings only through the upcast shaft, in which they had rigged up some temporary lifting gear."
From The New Rector by Stanley John Weyman
The usual form of ventilating furnace is a plain fire grate placed under an arch, and communicating with the upcast shaft by an inclined drift.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
Proud Mette and her nine witches hoar, They hurried screaming to the shore. p. 19She waked on the sea a tempest blast, The sand from the bottom the waves upcast.
From Finnish Arts or Sir Thor and Damsel Thure, a Ballad by George Henry Borrow
She said it with infinite sadness in her voice and an upcasting of eyes that were swimming.
From The Quickening by E. M. Ashe
The roguish upcasting of starry eyes, and the deprecating little manner, tied my tongue for the instant.
From The Love Story of Abner Stone by Edwin Carlile Litsey
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