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Overcasting
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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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, -cast, -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.
verb (used without object)
7.
to become cloudy or dark: By noon it had begun to overcast.
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Word Origin & History
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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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