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upcast

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As an adjective, upcast means cast up. As a noun, it means a cast.

Meanings of upcast

12 meanings

adjective

  1. Cast up; thrown upward.

noun

  1. bowlingA cast; a throw.

  2. miningThe ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.

  3. miningA current of air passed along such a shaft.

  4. ScotlandAn upset, as from a carriage.

  5. ScotlandA taunt; a reproach.

  6. computingA cast from subtype to supertype.

  7. A message transmitted via upcasting.

verb

  1. ScotlandTo taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.

  2. computingTo cast from subtype to supertype.

  3. To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft

Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. obsoleteTo cast or throw up; to turn upward.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

upcast around the world

ScotlandAn upset, as from a carriage.
ScotlandA taunt; a reproach.
ScotlandTo taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.

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