overcast
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overcast
- /ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/ UK
- /ˈoʊvɚ.kæst/ US
- /ˌəʊvəˈkɑːst/ UK
- /ˌoʊvɚˈkæst/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːst
Where it comes from
From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- + cast. Compare Swedish överkast.
noun overcasts
- A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
- An outcast.
- A place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.
adjective more overcast · most overcast
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Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
The Dawn is over-caſt, the Morning low’rs,
And heavily in Clouds brings on the Day, […]
Similar: sullen
- In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
verb overcasts · overcasting · overcast · overcasted
- To overthrow.
- To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
- To make gloomy; to depress.
- To be or become cloudy.
- To transform.
- To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sunless, clouded, cloudiness, cloudy, cloud, cloud cover, cloud-covered, hidden, lowering, moderate, dark, pervade, prevail, guise, covered, hedged
Translations
Every language
adj meteorological term
| Español | cubierto |
|---|---|
| Português | encoberto |
| Français | couvert |
| Deutsch | bewölkt |
| Italiano | coperto |
adj covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
| Español | nublado, nubloso, anubarrado, anubado, nublo, nuboso |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | どんよりした donyori shita |
| 中文 | 陰沉 /阴沉 yīnchén, 灰濛蒙 /灰蒙蒙 huīmēngmēng, 低沉 dīchén |
| Português | nublado |
| Français | nuageux, couvert |
| Deutsch | bedeckt, bewölkt |
| Italiano | coperto, nuvoloso |
| Русский | о́блачный óblačnyj, па́смурный pásmurnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | âm u, u ám, phủ mây |
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