upcast

[uhp-kast, -kahst] / ˈʌpˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /

VERB

jack

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hoist shove

STRONG

boost construct elevate erect establish exalt heave hike jump lever lift mount promote pry rear up upheave uplift upraise

WEAK

bring up hold up lift up move up place up pull up put on its end put up run up set up set upright stand up take up throw up uprear

Antonyms

STRONG

condemn decline decrease demote denounce depress destroy drop fall hurt lower raze ruin

VERB

raise

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boost establish lift promote rear set up

STRONG

cock construct elevate erect exalt heave hoist lever mount pry shove upheave uplift upraise

WEAK

bring up hold up lift up move up place up pull up put on its end put up run up set upright stand up take up throw up uprear

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy drop

STRONG

decrease lower raze

WEAK

abandon demolish finish lessen

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There she is with her upcast eyes, unknowable sorrow and perfect sympathy.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024

Then she knelt her down and prayed; With her eyes upcast to heaven, down she sank upon the ground, And she prayed to God to tell her where the roses might be found.

From Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two by Various

Proud Mette and her nine witches hoar, They hurried screaming to the shore. p. 19She waked on the sea a tempest blast, The sand from the bottom the waves upcast.

From Finnish Arts or Sir Thor and Damsel Thure, a Ballad by Borrow, George Henry

Monsieur Madinier no longer talked as he slowly headed the procession, which followed him in good order, with stretched necks and upcast eyes.

From L'Assommoir by Zola, Émile

"I should require to know the temperature of the shafts respectively, and the height of the upcast shaft."

From Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

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