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Definition of Overcast

1. Noun. The state of the sky when it is covered by clouds.

2. Verb. Make overcast or cloudy. "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

3. Adjective. Filled or abounding with clouds.

4. Noun. Gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover.

5. Verb. Sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches.

6. Noun. A long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling.

7. Verb. Sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next. "Overcast books"

8. Noun. A cast that falls beyond the intended spot.

Definition of Overcast

1. v. t. To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.

2. v. t. To fasten, as single sheets, by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.

Definition of Overcast

1. Noun. (obsolete) An outcast. ¹

2. Noun. A cloud covering all of the sky. ¹

3. Adjective. Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened. ¹

4. Adjective. (meteorology) The sky is said to be '''overcast''', when it is more than 90% covered by clouds. ¹

5. Adjective. (figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To overthrow. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To make gloomy; to depress. ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To be or become cloudy. ¹

10. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To transform. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overcast

1. to become cloudy or dark [v -CAST or -CASTED, -CASTING, -CASTS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcast

overcards overcare overcared overcareful overcares overcaring overcark overcarking overcarried overcarries

overcarry overcarrying overcarve overcarved overcarving overcast (current term) overcasted overcasting overcastings overcasts

overcatch overcatching overcategorization overcategorizations overcategorize overcategorized overcategorizes overcategorizing overcaught overcaution

Literary usage of Overcast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1873)
"Early morning partly overcast—light airs. Forenoon same, with west breeze. ... Early morning partly overcast. Day pleasant, with light north breezes. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1873)
"Early morning partly overcast—light airs. Forenoon same, with west breeze. ... Early morning overcast—light airs. Light rain at 1 PM, heavy clouds in north. ..."

3. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770 by James Bruce (1804)
"3 PM Thermometer 85| ; wind, SW 1; large white clouds fill the air, and overcast the sun. 5 o'clock PM Thermometer 85° ; wind, WS 0; it has cleared ; large ..."

4. The Great Frozen Land (Bolshaia Zemelskija Tundra): Narrative of a Winter by Frederick George Jackson, Arthur Hallam Montefiore Brice (1895)
"Heavy overcast sky all day. Very faint breeze, heavy overcast sky ; no snow. Very faint breeze, clear sky for about two hours, then overcast (Temp. ..."

5. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1853)
"Partially overcast: fine: boisterous, with lightning at night. ... Very fine: overcast. 26. Fine: very fine: boisterous, at times quite a hurricane at night ..."

6. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile: In the Years 1768, 1769,1770 by James Bruce (1813)
"5 PM thermometer 88 5 overcast, so that the sun scarce appears ; wind SW 0. ... 8 o'clock AM thermometer 77 J ; wind SW and all overcast, and rainy like. ..."

7. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1822)
"AM. calm and overcast, nnd a thick haze resting on the surrounding hilt* ; sunshine hi ... An overcast sky, and a continuation of the gale, with showers ut ..."

8. Annual Report on Introduction of Domestic Reindeer Into Alaska by Sheldon Jackson, United States Bureau of Education (1898)
"October 8: overcast, with light east to northeast wind. ... October 9: overcast, with very light east wind. Raining hard all day. October 10: overcast ..."

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