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overcast
[ adjective oh-ver-kast, -kahst, oh-ver-kast, -kahst; verb oh-ver-kast, -kahst, oh-ver-kast, -kahst; noun oh-ver-kast, -kahst ]
adjective
- overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy:
an overcast day.
- Meteorology. (of the sky) more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- dark; gloomy.
- Sewing. sewn by overcasting.
verb (used with object)
- to overcloud, darken, or make gloomy:
Ominous clouds began to overcast the sky.
- to sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, especially long stitches set at intervals to prevent raveling.
verb (used without object)
- to become cloudy or dark:
By noon it had begun to overcast.
noun
- Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- Mining. a crossing of two passages, as airways, dug at the same level, in which one rises to pass over the other without opening into it. Compare undercast ( def 1 ).
overcast
adjective
- covered over or obscured, esp by clouds
- meteorol (of the sky) more than 95 per cent cloud-covered
- gloomy or melancholy
- sewn over by overcasting
verb
- to make or become overclouded or gloomy
- to sew (an edge, as of a hem) with long stitches passing successively over the edge
noun
- a covering, as of clouds or mist
- meteorol the state of the sky when more than 95 per cent of it is cloud-covered
- mining a crossing of two passages without an intersection
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Example Sentences
It was overcast and grey and not particularly warm for a summer's night, in stark contrast to the blue skies and sunshine of the previous day.
Her first post showed her dressed in white, running on an overcast beach, to write 2025 in the sand, before dashing past the camera laughing.
After a foggy and overcast start to Christmas morning, the clouds dispersed, allowing the sun to come through.
Met Office meteorologist Dan Stroud said "temperatures will be well above average" in England in Wales, though it will be overcast for many.
In Harrison, N.J., where the Red Bulls play, it was 40 degrees and overcast.
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