What is "overcast" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does overcast mean in English? Meaning of overcast definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "overcast" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "overcast": the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds

Noun

  • Meaning: the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
  • Synonyms: cloud cover cloudiness overcast
  • Hypernyms: bad weather inclemency inclementness
  • Meaning of "overcast": make overcast or cloudy

    Verb

  • Meaning: make overcast or cloudy
  • Example: Fall weather often overcasts our beaches
  • Synonyms: cloud overcast
  • Hyponyms: fog up haze
  • Hypernyms: darken
  • Antonyms: brighten clear clear up light up
  • Also see: cloud over cloud up overcloud
  • Meaning of "overcast": filled or abounding with clouds

    Adjective

  • Meaning: filled or abounding with clouds
  • Synonyms: cloud-covered clouded overcast sunless
  • Similar: cloudy
  • Meaning of "overcast": gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover

    Noun

  • Meaning: gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
  • Synonyms: cloudiness overcast
  • Hypernyms: semidarkness
  • Meaning of "overcast": sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches

    Verb

  • Meaning: sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
  • Synonyms: overcast
  • Hyponyms: oversew
  • Hypernyms: run up sew sew together stitch
  • Meaning of "overcast": a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling

    Noun

  • Meaning: a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
  • Synonyms: overcast overcasting
  • Hypernyms: whipping whipstitch whipstitching
  • Meaning of "overcast": sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next

    Verb

  • Meaning: sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next
  • Example: overcast books
  • Synonyms: overcast
  • Hypernyms: run up sew sew together stitch
  • Meaning of "overcast": a cast that falls beyond the intended spot

    Noun

  • Meaning: a cast that falls beyond the intended spot
  • Synonyms: overcast
  • Hypernyms: cast casting
  • Adjective: (obsolete) An outcast.A cloud covering all of the sky.
  • Synonyms:

    leaden, murky, dreary, hazy, dismal, dull, dark, lowering, gray, threatening, clouded, nebulous, oppressive, somber, sunless, clouded over, not clear, not fair,

    Antonyms:

    pleasant, bright, clear, light, luminous, happy, sunny,

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    overcast in English: overcast
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