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overcast

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈəʊvə^rkɑːst/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/adj. ˈoʊvɚˈkæst, -ˌkæst; v. ˌoʊvɚˈkæst, ˈoʊvɚˌkæst; n. ˈoʊvɚˌkæst/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(adj. ō′vər kast′, -käst′, ō′vər kast′, -käst′; v. ō′vər kast′, -käst′, ō′vər kast′, -käst′; n. ō′vər kast′, -käst′)

Inflections of 'overcast' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

overcasts: v 3rd person singular

overcasting: v pres p

overcast: v past

overcast: v past p

o•ver•cast /adj. ˈoʊvɚˈkæst, -ˌkæst; v. ˌoʊvɚˈkæst, ˈoʊvɚˌkæst,;
n. ˈoʊvɚˌkæst/USA pronunciation adj., v., -cast, -cast•ing, n.
adj.

- overspread with clouds;
  cloudy.

v. [~ + object]

to cause to be overclouded or darkened:Clouds began to overcast the sky.

n. [uncountable]

Meteorologythe condition of the sky when it is covered or overspread with clouds.

o•ver•cast (adj. ō′vər kast′, -käst′, ō′vər kast′, -käst′;v. ō′vər kast′, -käst′, ō′vər kast′, -käst′;
n. ō′vər kast′, -käst′),USA pronunciation adj., v., -cast, -cast•ing, n.
adj.

overspread or covered with clouds;
cloudy:an overcast day.
Meteorology(of the sky) more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
dark;
gloomy.
Clothing[Sewing.]sewn by overcasting.

v.t.

to overcloud, darken, or make gloomy:Ominous clouds began to overcast the sky.
Clothingto sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, esp. long stitches set at intervals to prevent raveling.

v.i.

to become cloudy or dark:By noon it had begun to overcast.

Meteorologythe condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
Mininga crossing of two passages, as airways, dug at the same level, in which one rises to pass over the other without opening into it. Cf. undercast (def. 1).

1175–1225; Middle English (verb, verbal); see over-, cast

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

overcast adj /ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/

covered over or obscured, esp by clouds
(of the sky) more than 95 per cent cloud-covered
gloomy or melancholy
sewn over by overcasting

vb /ˌəʊvəˈkɑːst/

to sew (an edge, as of a hem) with long stitches passing successively over the edge

n /ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/

the state of the sky when more than 95 per cent of it is cloud-covered

'overcast' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

cloud - heavy - lower - whipstitch - bedim - cloudy - glower - hazy - lowering - overcasting - overcloud - undercast - serge - sullen

In Lists: Weather descriptions, Clouds, Weather, more...

Synonyms: cloudy, clouded, not clear, not fair, dark, more...

Collocations: an overcast [crowd, atmosphere, mood], overcast with [rain, clouds], overcast with a chance of [rain, thunder, showers], more...

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