o|ver|cast

o|ver|cast
o|ver|cast «OH vuhr KAST, -KAHST», adjective, verb, -cast, -cast|ing, noun.
–adj.
1. cloudy or dark; gloomy: »

The sky was overcast before the storm. Figurative. an overcast quality of depression.

 SYNONYM(S): obscure, becloud.
2. sewed with overcast stitches.
–v.t.
1. to cover (the sky or sun) with clouds or darkness; make gloomy: »

The distress spreads as wintry gray overcasts a sky (George W. Cable).

2. to sew over and through (the edges of a seam) with long stitches to prevent raveling.
–v.i.
to become dark or cloudy; become gloomy: »

Figurative. to overcast with dire predictions.

–n.
1. a sky covered with clouds: »

... straight up into the grey overcast (Time).

2. the clouds covering the sky: »

The sun was obscured by a cloudy overcast.

3. Figurative. gloom: »

There was a dark overcast to the depressed forecast of the future.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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