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ALL meanings of overcast

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  • adjective overcast weather 1
  • adjective overcast overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy: an overcast day. 1
  • adjective overcast Meteorology. (of the sky) more than 95 percent covered by clouds. 1
  • adjective overcast dark; gloomy. 1
  • adjective overcast Sewing. sewn by overcasting. 1
  • verb with object overcast to overcloud, darken, or make gloomy: Ominous clouds began to overcast the sky. 1
  • verb with object overcast to sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, especially long stitches set at intervals to prevent raveling. 1
  • verb without object overcast to become cloudy or dark: By noon it had begun to overcast. 1
  • noun overcast Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds. 1
  • noun overcast Mining. a crossing of two passages, as airways, dug at the same level, in which one rises to pass over the other without opening into it. Compare undercast (def 1). 1
  • noun overcast (of the sky or weather) marked by a covering of gray clouds; dull. 1
  • adjective overcast If it is overcast, or if the sky or the day is overcast, the sky is completely covered with cloud and there is not much light. 0
  • adjective overcast covered over or obscured, esp by clouds 0
  • adjective overcast (of the sky) more than 95 per cent cloud-covered 0
  • adjective overcast gloomy or melancholy 0
  • adjective overcast sewn over by overcasting 0
  • verb overcast to make or become overclouded or gloomy 0
  • verb overcast to sew (an edge, as of a hem) with long stitches passing successively over the edge 0
  • noun overcast a covering, as of clouds or mist 0
  • noun overcast the state of the sky when more than 95 per cent of it is cloud-covered 0
  • noun overcast a crossing of two passages without an intersection 0
  • noun overcast a covering, esp. of clouds 0
  • adjective overcast cloudy; dark 0
  • adjective overcast made with overcasting 0
  • verb transitive overcast to overcloud; darken 0
  • verb transitive overcast to sew over (an edge) with long, loose stitches so as to prevent raveling 0
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