Over-cast

o·ver·cast

[adj. oh-ver-kast, -kahst, oh-ver-kast, -kahst; v. oh-ver-kast, -kahst, oh-ver-kast, -kahst; n. oh-ver-kast, -kahst] adjective, verb, o·ver·cast, o·ver·cast·ing, noun
adjective
1.
overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy: an overcast day.
2.
Meteorology. (of the sky) more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
3.
dark; gloomy.
4.
Sewing. sewn by overcasting.
verb (used with object)
5.
to overcloud, darken, or make gloomy: Ominous clouds began to overcast the sky.
6.
to sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, especially long stitches set at intervals to prevent raveling.
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verb (used without object)
7.
to become cloudy or dark: By noon it had begun to overcast.
noun
8.
Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
9.
Mining. a crossing of two passages, as airways, dug at the same level, in which one rises to pass over the other without opening into it. Compare undercast ( def 1 ).
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English (v.); see over-, cast

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overcast
 
—adj
1.  covered over or obscured, esp by clouds
2.  meteorol (of the sky) more than 95 per cent cloud-covered
3.  gloomy or melancholy
4.  sewn over by overcasting
 
—vb
5.  to make or become overclouded or gloomy
6.  to sew (an edge, as of a hem) with long stitches passing successively over the edge
 
—n
7.  a covering, as of clouds or mist
8.  meteorol the state of the sky when more than 95 per cent of it is cloud-covered
9.  mining a crossing of two passages without an intersection

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overcast
1560s, originally pp. of verb overcast (late 13c.), "to cover, to overspread" as with a garment, usually of weather, from over + cast (q.v.). Earliest sense of the verb (early 13c.) was "to overthrow."
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