<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An act of casting upward.</li><li>The state of being cast upward.</li><li>Something that is cast or thrown up, as soil or earth in digging.</li><li>A shaft or passage up which air passes, as from a mine (downcast).</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Cast up; directed or thrown upward: The child looked at her father with upcast eyes.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) up·cast, up·cast·ing: to cast up or upward.</li></ul>