Meaning & use
Upcast
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Directed or turned upward, especially describing the eyes.
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She sat with an upcast gaze, watching clouds drift across the sky.
The statue depicted a saint with upcast eyes and open palms.
A note on using this word
In mining, 'upcast' is also a noun for the shaft through which air is drawn up and out of a mine.
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downcast
Another way to use it
2. noun
A mine shaft through which air flows upward and out of the mine.
Fresh air was drawn down the downcast shaft and expelled through the upcast.
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