OVERCAST

clouded, cloud-covered, overcast, sunless

(adjective) filled or abounding with clouds

overcast

(noun) a cast that falls beyond the intended spot

overcast, overcasting

(noun) a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling

cloudiness, overcast

(noun) gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover

cloudiness, cloud cover, overcast

(noun) the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds

overcast

(verb) sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; “overcast books”

overcast

(verb) sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches

overcast, cloud

(verb) make overcast or cloudy; “Fall weather often overcasts our beaches”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

overcast (plural overcasts)

(obsolete) An outcast.

A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon; cloudy.

Adjective

overcast (comparative more overcast, superlative most overcast)

Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.

(figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.

Verb

overcast (third-person singular simple present overcasts, present participle overcasting, simple past and past participle overcast)

(transitive, obsolete) To overthrow.

(transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.

(transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.

(intransitive, obsolete) To be or become cloudy.

(transitive, obsolete) To transform.

(transitive, bookbinding) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.

Anagrams

• overacts

Source: Wiktionary

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O`ver*cast", v. t.

1. To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken. Those clouds that overcast your morn shall fly. Dryden.

2. To compute or rate too high. Bacon.

3. (Sewing)

Definition: To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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