overcast

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- +‎ cast. Compare Swedish överkast.

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Adjective and noun
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Noun[edit]

overcast (plural overcasts)

  1. A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
  2. (obsolete) An outcast.

Adjective[edit]

overcast (comparative more overcast, superlative most overcast)

  1. Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
  2. (figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.

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Verb[edit]

overcast (third-person singular simple present overcasts, present participle overcasting, simple past and past participle overcast)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To overthrow.
  2. (transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
  3. (transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To be or become cloudy.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To transform.
  6. (transitive, bookbinding) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.

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