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Overcast

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Noun

1. cloud cover, cloudiness, overcast

the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds

2. cloudiness, overcast

gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover

3. overcast, overcasting

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

4. overcast

a cast that falls beyond the intended spot

Verb

5. cloud, overcast

make overcast or cloudy

Example Sentences:
'Fall weather often overcasts our beaches'

6. overcast

sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches

7. overcast

sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next

Example Sentences:
'overcast books'

Adjective

8. cloud-covered, clouded, overcast, sunless

filled or abounding with clouds

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Overcast

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adjective (ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst )
1. 
covered over or obscured, esp by clouds
2. meteorology
(of the sky) more than 95 per cent cloud-covered
3. 
gloomy or melancholy
4. 
sewn over by overcasting
verb (ˌəʊvəˈkɑːst )
5. 
to make or become overclouded or gloomy
6. 
to sew (an edge, as of a hem) with long stitches passing successively over the edge
noun (ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst )
7. 
a covering, as of clouds or mist
8. meteorology
the state of the sky when more than 95 per cent of it is cloud-covered
9. mining
a crossing of two passages without an intersection

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Overcast

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noun
1. 
a covering, esp. of clouds
adjective
2. 
cloudy; dark
said of the sky or weather
3.  Sewing
made with overcasting
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈoverˌcast or ˈoverˌcasting
4. 
to overcloud; darken
5.  Sewing
to sew over (an edge) with long, loose stitches so as to prevent raveling

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Overcast

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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. (ōvər-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. (ōvər-kăst, ōvər-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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