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 Definitions of overcast  [ˌoʊ vərˈkæp ɪ tlˌaɪz]  

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Definition of 'overcast' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) overcast
overspread with clouds; cloudy.

2.  overcast
(of the sky) more than 95 percent covered by clouds.

3.  overcast
dark; gloomy.

4. (v.t.) overcast
to overcloud; darken.

5.  overcast
to sew (fabric) with long, spaced stitches passing successively over an edge.

6. (n.) overcast
the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.

Etymology:  (1175–1225)

Definition of 'overcast' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) cloudiness, cloud cover, overcast
the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds

2. (noun) cloudiness, overcast
gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover

3. (noun) overcast, overcasting
a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling

4. (adj) overcast
a cast that falls beyond the intended spot

5. (verb) cloud-covered, clouded, overcast, sunless
filled or abounding with clouds

6. (verb) overcast, cloud
make overcast or cloudy
"Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

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

8. (verb) overcast
sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next
"overcast books"


Definition of 'overcast' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) overcast
(of the sky) covered with clouds
overcast skies; an overcast day


Translation of 'overcast' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: cloudy
on a slightly overcast day.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: betrokke, bewolk, toegetr Arabic flag Arabic: مُظْلِم، مُعْتِم، مُتَلَب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: облачен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: nublado Czech flag Czech: zatažený German flag German: bedeckt
Danish flag Danish: overskyet Greek flag Greek: συννεφιασμένος Spanish flag Spanish: nublado, cubierto
Estonian flag Estonian: pilves Farsi flag Farsi: ابری Finnish flag Finnish: pilvinen
French flag French: couvert Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְעוּנָן Hindi flag Hindi: घिरा हुआ, आच्छन्न
Croatian flag Croatian: oblačan Hungarian flag Hungarian: felhős Indonesian flag Indonesian: berawan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skÿjaður Italian flag Italian: coperto Japanese flag Japanese: くもった
Korean flag Korean: 잔뜩 흐린 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: apsiniaukęs, debesuotas Latvian flag Latvian: apmācies, mākoņains
Malay flag Malay: mendung Dutch flag Dutch: bewolkt Norwegian flag Norwegian: overskyet
Polish flag Polish: zachmurzony Persian flag Persian: ابری Pashto flag Pashto: وريځ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: nublado Romanian flag Romanian: înnorat Russian flag Russian: покрытый облаками
Slovak flag Slovak: zamračený Slovenian flag Slovenian: oblačen Serbian flag Serbian: oblačan
Swedish flag Swedish: mulen Thai flag Thai: มีเมฆมาก Turkish flag Turkish: bulutlu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 陰天的,多雲的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: хмарний, похмурий Urdu flag Urdu: ابر آلود
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trời u ám Chinese flag Chinese: 阴天的,多云的

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