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upcast
noun
A cast; a throw.
The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
A current of air passed along such a shaft.
verb
To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
To cast from subtype to supertype.
Antonymsdowncast
adjective
Cast up; thrown upward.
"with upcast eyes"
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