upcast

[ uhp-kast, -kahst ]

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 ( downcast ).

adjective

1. cast up; directed or thrown upward:

   The child looked at her father with upcast eyes.

verb (used with object)

, up·cast, up·cast·ing.

1. to cast up or upward.

upcast

/ ˈʌpˌkɑːst /

noun

1. material cast or thrown up
2. a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine Compare downcast
3. geology (in a fault) the section of strata that has been displaced upwards

adjective

1. directed or thrown upwards

verb

1. tr to throw or cast up

Word History and Origins

Origin of upcast¹

1300–50; Middle English upcasten (v.). See up-, cast

Example Sentences

There she is with her upcast eyes, unknowable sorrow and perfect sympathy.

From New York Times

As if by magic the solemn, quiet calm of the polar night was broken by a series of tornado-like gusts, and soon the responsive ice-field quivered as though upcast by a marine earthquake.

From Project Gutenberg

Then from the blood the wounded a clouded glance upcast; He saw that fain his uncle had help'd him at the last.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus, a miner working along the coal-seam S, from a to b, would describe the fault, f, as an upcast, since he would have to mine to a higher level to catch his coal again.

From Project Gutenberg

For  a time he found a kind of contentment in charge of the upcast furnace of a mine, and then he was superseded by an electric-fan.

From Project Gutenberg

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