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o·ver·cast
(ō′vər-kăst′, ō′vər-kăst′)adj.
1.
a. Covered or obscured, as with clouds or mist.
b. Clouded over.
2. Gloomy; melancholy.
3. Sewn with long, overlying stitches in order to prevent raveling, as the raw edges of fabric.
n. (ō′vər-kăst′)
1. A covering, as of mist or clouds.
2. An arch or support for a passage over another passage in a mine.
3. A cast made in fishing that falls beyond the point intended.
4. An overcast stitch or seam.
v. (ō′vər-kăst′, ō′vər-kăst′) o·ver·cast, o·ver·cast·ing, o·ver·casts
v.tr.
1. To make cloudy or gloomy.
2. To cast beyond (the intended point) with a fishing rod.
3. To sew with long, overlying stitches.
v.intr.
To become cloudy or gloomy.
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overcast
adj
1. covered over or obscured, esp by clouds
2. (Physical Geography) meteorol (of the sky) more than 95 per cent cloud-covered
3. gloomy or melancholy
4. (Knitting & Sewing) sewn over by overcasting
vb
5. to make or become overclouded or gloomy
6. (Knitting & Sewing) to sew (an edge, as of a hem) with long stitches passing successively over the edge
n
7. a covering, as of clouds or mist
8. (Physical Geography) meteorol the state of the sky when more than 95 per cent of it is cloud-covered
9. (Mining & Quarrying) mining a crossing of two passages without an intersection
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o•ver•cast
(adj. ˈoʊ vərˈkæst, -ˈkɑst, -ˌkæst, -ˌkɑst; v. ˌoʊ vərˈkæst, -ˈkɑst, ˈoʊ vərˌkæst, -ˌkɑst; n. ˈoʊ vərˌkæst, -ˌkɑst)adj., v. -cast, -cast•ing,
n. adj.
1.
a. overspread with clouds; cloudy.
b. (of the sky) more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
2. dark; gloomy.
v.t. 3. to overcloud; darken.
4. to sew (fabric) with long, spaced stitches passing successively over an edge.
n. 5. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
[1175–1225]
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overcast
Past participle: overcast
Gerund: overcasting
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Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | overcast - gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover semidarkness - partial darkness | |
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4. | overcast - a cast that falls beyond the intended spot | |
Verb | 1. | overcast - make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches" darken - make dark or darker; "darken a room" fog up - get foggy; "The windshield fogged up" haze - become hazy, dull, or cloudy |
2. | overcast - sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches oversew - sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both | |
3. | overcast - sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; "overcast books" | |
Adj. | 1. | overcast - filled or abounding with clouds cloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies" |
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overcast
adjective cloudy, grey, dull, threatening, dark, clouded, dim, gloomy, dismal, murky, dreary, leaden, clouded over, sunless, louring or lowering It was a cold, wintry, overcast afternoon.
clear, fine, bright, brilliant, sunny, cloudless, unclouded
clear, fine, bright, brilliant, sunny, cloudless, unclouded
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Translations
مُظْلِم، مُعْتِم، مُتَلَبِّد بالغُيوممُعْتِم
oblačný
overskyet
pilvinen
oblačan
skÿjaîur
曇った
잔뜩 흐린
apmācies, mākoņains
mulen
มีเฆมมาก
u ám
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
overcast
[ˈəʊvərkɑːst] adj [sky] → couvert(e); [afternoon, morning] → couvert(e)The sky was overcast → Le ciel était couvert.
For three days it was overcast → Pendant trois jours, le temps a été couvert.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
overcast
[ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst] adj → nuvoloso/a, coperto/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
overcast
(əuvəˈkaːst) adjective cloudy. on a slightly overcast day.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
overcast
→ مُعْتِم oblačný overskyet bedeckt νεφοσκεπής encapotado pilvinen couvert oblačan coperto 曇った 잔뜩 흐린 bewolkt overskyet przygnębiony nublado затянутый облаками mulen มีเฆมมาก bulutlu u ám 阴天的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009