overcast.
A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
Meaning & usage
A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
An outcast.
A place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- + cast. Compare Swedish överkast.
Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- + cast. Compare Swedish överkast.
To overthrow.
To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
To make gloomy; to depress.
To be or become cloudy.
To transform.
To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- + cast. Compare Swedish överkast.
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