upcast

comparative more upcast · superlative most upcast

1. Cast up; thrown upward.

   Old Saturn too with upcast eyes Beheld his abdicated skies

   a. 1720 (date written), Joseph Addison, “To Sir Godfrey Knelle”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC

plural upcasts

1. bowlingA cast; a throw.

   When I kissed the jack, upon an upcast to be hit away

   1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]

2. businessThe ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
3. businessA current of air passed along such a shaft.
4. ScotlandAn upset, as from a carriage.
5. ScotlandA taunt; a reproach.

   for what with the upcast and terror that I got a wee while syne, and what wi' the wee bit taste that I behoved to take of the plottie while I was making it, my head is sair eneugh distressed the night already.

   1823 December 23 (indicated as 1824), [Walter Scott], St Ronan’s Well. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC

6. computingA cast from subtype to supertype.
7. A message transmitted via upcasting.

present singular third person upcasts · participle present upcasting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes upcasted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes upcasted

1. obsoletetransitiveTo cast or throw up; to turn upward.
2. ScotlandtransitiveTo taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
3. transitivecomputingTo cast from subtype to supertype.

   Antonyms: 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
5. roleplaying gamesTo increase the power of a spell by expending a higher-level spell slot to cast it.

   Casting an upcast scorching ray on the goblin that threw a rock at me

   2026 August 19, @gregthesorcerer, X (post), archived from the original on 28 Sep 2026

   2 more examples

   She has one 9th-level slot, which she'll only ever use for gate, and one 8th-level slot, which she'll only ever use for holy aura (which can't be upcast).

   2022, Keith Ammann, MOAR! Monsters Know What They're Doing, Gallery Books, page 102

   My understanding is that cantrips are level 0 spells that automatically upcast to match the highest level spell slot I have.

   2023 February 26, Deleted user, “Trying to get into PF2E and I'm not sure I understand cantrip scaling.”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2023