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Overcast

Overcast Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Overcast? [n] a cast that falls beyond the intended spot [n] a long whip stitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling [n] gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover [n] the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds [adj] filled or abounding with clouds [v] sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; of books [v] sew over the edge of; with long slanting wide stitches [v] make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Overcast: cloud \| cloud cover \| cloud-covered \| clouded \| cloudiness \| cloudy \| overcasting \| sunless Related Terms \| Find terms related to Overcast: Acheronian \| Acherontic \| adumbrate \| aerospace \| aerosphere \| air hole \| air pocket \| airspace \| becloud \| bedarken \| bedim \| befog \| begloom \| bemist \| black \| black out \| blacken \| blackening \| blanket \| block the light \| blocking the light \| blot out \| brooding \| brown \| bump \| cap \| cast a shadow \| castellatus \| CAT \| ceiling \| Cimmerian \| cirrose \| cirrous \| clabber up \| cloud \| cloud over \| cloud up \| clouded \| cloud-flecked \| cloudiness \| clouding \| cloudy \| crosswind \| crown \| cumuliform \| cumulous \| dark \| dark and gloomy \| darken \| darken over \| darkened \| darkening \| dim \| dim out \| dimming \| dirty \| dirty sky \| dismal \| dreary \| dull \| eclipse \| eclipsing \| empty space \| encloud \| encompass with shadow \| enmist \| extinguishment \| favorable wind \| fog \| fogginess \| front \| funereal \| gloom \| gloomful \| glooming \| gloomy \| grey \| haze \| haziness \| head wind \| heavy \| heavy sky \| high-pressure area \| hole \| ill-lighted \| ill-lit \| ionosphere \| jetstream \| lenticularis \| lowering \| low-pressure area \| mammatus \| menacing \| mist \| mistiness \| murk \| murky \| nebulosity \| nebulous \| nimbose \| nimbosity \| nubilate \| nubilation \| nubilous \| obfuscate \| obfuscation \| obnubilate \| obnubilation \| obscuration \| obscure \| obscurement \| obumbrate \| obumbration \| occult \| occultate \| occulting \| oppressive \| overcloud \| overclouded \| overclouding \| overlay \| overshading \| overshadow \| overshadowing \| overshadowment \| oversmoke \| overspread \| pocket \| roughness \| shade \| shading \| shadow \| shadowing \| smog \| smoke \| somber \| sombrous \| soup \| space \| squally \| starless \| stormy \| stratiform \| stratosphere \| stratous \| Stygian \| substratosphere \| sullen \| sunless \| tail wind \| threatening \| thunderheaded \| tropopause \| troposphere \| trough \| turbulence \| visibility \| visibility zero See Also \| bad weather \| cast \| casting \| cloud over \| cloud up \| darken \| fog up \| inclemency \| inclementness \| overcloud \| oversew \| run up \| semidarkness \| sew \| sew together \| stitch \| stitch Overcast In Webster's Dictionary \O`vercast"\, v. t. (Bookbinding) To fasten, as single sheets, by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another. \O`vercast"\, v. t. 1. To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken. Those clouds that overcast your morn shall fly. --Dryden. 2. To compute or rate too high. --Bacon. 3. (Sewing) To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.

Overcast Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Overcast?

[n] a cast that falls beyond the intended spot
[n] a long whip stitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
[n] gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
[n] the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
[adj] filled or abounding with clouds
[v] sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; of books
[v] sew over the edge of; with long slanting wide stitches
[v] make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

Overcast In Webster's Dictionary

\O`ver*cast"\, v. t. (Bookbinding)
To fasten, as single sheets, by overcast stitching or by
folding one edge over another.


\O`ver*cast"\, v. t.
1. To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.

         Those clouds that overcast your morn shall fly.
                                               --Dryden.

2. To compute or rate too high. --Bacon.

3. (Sewing) To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges
   of a seam) to prevent raveling.

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