upcast

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: up=cast

CIDE DICTIONARY

upcast, a. 

 Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes.  Addison.  [1913 Webster]

upcast, n. 

•  A cast; a throw.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; -- distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft.  [1913 Webster]
•  An upset, as from a carriage.  [1913 Webster]
•  A taunt; a reproach.  Sir W. Scott.  [1913 Webster]

upcast, v. t. 

•  To cast or throw up; to turn upward.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
•  To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

upcast, n. & v.
--n.
1 the act of casting up; an upward throw.
2 Mining a shaft through which air leaves a mine.
3 Geol. = UPTHROW.
--v.tr. (past and past part. upcast) cast up.

THESAURUS

upcast

elevated, erect, exalted, high, lifted, lofty, on stilts, raised, rampant, retrousse, stilted, sublime, turned-up, upflung, uplifted, upraised, upreared, upright, upthrown

ROGET THESAURUS

upcast

Elevation

VB heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect, set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up, rear, hoist, heave, uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear, upcast, uphoist, upheave, buoy, weigh mount, give a lift, exalt, sublimate, place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal, escalate 102, take up, drag up, fish up, dredge, stand up, rise up, get up, jump up, spring to one's feet, hold oneself, hold one's head up, drawn oneself up to his full height.