pry vs upcast

pry

noun
  • An act of prying; a close and curious look. 

  • A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever. 

  • A person who is very inquisitive or nosy; a busybody, a nosey parker. 

verb
  • To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop. 

  • To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize. 

  • Usually followed by out (of): to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort. 

  • To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public. 

upcast

noun
  • An upset, as from a carriage. 

  • A cast; a throw. 

  • A taunt; a reproach. 

  • A cast from subtype to supertype. 

  • The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine. 

  • A message transmitted via upcasting. 

  • A current of air passed along such a shaft. 

adj
  • Cast up; thrown upward. 

verb
  • To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. 

  • To cast from subtype to supertype. 

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

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