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overcloud
[
oh-ver-
kloud
]
o·ver·cloud
/
ˌoʊ
vərˈklaʊd
/
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oh-ver-
kloud
]
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verb (used with object)
1.
to overspread with or as if with
clouds
:
a summer storm that briefly overclouds the sun; to overcloud one's pleasure with solemn thoughts.
2.
to darken; obscure; make gloomy:
a childhood that was overclouded by the loss of his parents.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become
clouded
over or overcast:
Toward evening the sky began to overcloud.
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Origin:
1585–95;
over-
+
cloud
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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overcloud
(ˌəʊvəˈklaʊd)
—
vb
1.
to make or become covered with clouds
2.
to make or become dark or dim
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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