overcast
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- + cast. Compare Swedish överkast.
Pronunciation edit
- Adjective and noun
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ōʹvə-käst', IPA(key): /ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/
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- (General American) enPR: ōʹvər-kăst', IPA(key): /ˈoʊvɚ.kæst/
- Verb
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ō'və-kästʹ, IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəˈkɑːst/
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- (General American) enPR: ō'vər-kăstʹ, IPA(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈkæst/
- Rhymes: -ɑːst
Noun edit
overcast (plural overcasts)
Adjective edit
overcast (comparative more overcast, superlative most overcast)
- Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
- (figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
Translations edit
covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened
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meteorological term
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in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy
Verb edit
overcast (third-person singular simple present overcasts, present participle overcasting, simple past and past participle overcast)
- (transitive, obsolete) To overthrow.
- (transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
- (transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be or become cloudy.
- (transitive, obsolete) To transform.
- (transitive, bookbinding) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
Translations edit
to cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken
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to be or become cloudy
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References edit
- “overcast”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “overcast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.