different between umcast vs upcast

English

Etymology

From Middle English umcasten, umbecasten, equivalent to um- +? cast.

Verb

umcast (third-person singular simple present umcasts, present participle umcasting, simple past and past participle umcast)

1. (Britain dialectal) To bind or wrap around.

Anagrams

• Muscat, muscat

English

Etymology

From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- +? cast.

Pronunciation

• (adjective, noun) IPA^(key): /??pkæst/, /??pk??st/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /?p?kæst/, /?p?k??st/

Adjective

upcast (comparative more upcast, superlative most upcast)

1. Cast up; thrown upward.

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Noun

upcast (plural upcasts)

1. (bowling) A cast; a throw.
2. (mining) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
3. (mining) A current of air passed along such a shaft.
4. (Scotland) An upset, as from a carriage.
5. (Scotland) A taunt; a reproach.
6. (computing) A cast from subtype to supertype.
7. A message transmitted via upcasting.

Synonyms

• (mining): upcast pit, upcast shaft

Coordinate terms

• (mining): downcast

Verb

upcast (third-person singular simple present upcasts, present participle upcasting, simple past and past participle upcast or upcasted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
2. (transitive, Scotland) To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
3. (transitive, computing) To cast from subtype to supertype.

   Antonym: downcast

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

Anagrams

• acts up, caputs, cast up, catsup

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?kast/

Verb

upcast (third-person singular present upcasts, present participle upcastin, past upcast, past participle upcast)

1. To upcast.
2. To reproach or taunt.