overcast (redirected from overcasts)

o·ver·cast  (vr-kst, vr-kst)

adj.

1.

a. Covered or obscured, as with clouds or mist.

b. Clouded over.

2. Gloomy; melancholy.

3. Sewn with long, overlying stitches in order to prevent raveling, as the raw edges of fabric.

n. (vr-kst)

1. A covering, as of mist or clouds.

2. An arch or support for a passage over another passage in a mine.

3. A cast made in fishing that falls beyond the point intended.

4. An overcast stitch or seam.

v. (vr-kst, vr-kst) o·ver·cast, o·ver·cast·ing, o·ver·casts

v.tr.

1. To make cloudy or gloomy.

2. To cast beyond (the intended point) with a fishing rod.

3. To sew with long, overlying stitches.

v.intr.

To become cloudy or gloomy.

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overcast

Adjective

(of the sky or weather) cloudy

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	overcast - the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds cloud cover, cloudiness bad weather, inclemency, inclementness - weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
	2.	overcast - gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover cloudiness semidarkness - partial darkness
	3.	overcast - a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling overcasting whipstitch, whipstitching, whipping - a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
	4.	overcast - a cast that falls beyond the intended spot casting, cast - the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
Verb	1.	overcast - make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches" cloud darken - make dark or darker; "darken a room" fog up - get foggy; "The windshield fogged up" haze - become hazy, dull, or cloudy brighten, clear, light up, clear up - become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm"
	2.	overcast - sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches sew, sew together, stitch, run up - fasten by sewing; do needlework oversew - sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both
	3.	overcast - sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; "overcast books" sew, sew together, stitch, run up - fasten by sewing; do needlework
Adj.	1.	overcast - filled or abounding with clouds cloud-covered, sunless, clouded cloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"

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overcast

adjective cloudy, grey, dull, threatening, dark, clouded, dim, gloomy, dismal, murky, dreary, leaden, clouded over, sunless, louring or lowering << OPPOSITE bright

Translations

overcast [ˈəuvəkɑːst] adj → encapotado

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overcast [ˈəuvəkɑːst] adj → couvert(e)

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overcast [ˈəuvəkɑːst] adj [day, sky] → bedeckt

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overcast [ˈəuvəkɑːst] adj → coperto/a

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overcast

adj overcast [əuvəˈkaːst]

cloudy on a slightly overcast day. betrokke, bewolk, toegetrek مُظْلِم، مُعْتِم، مُتَلَبِّد بالغُيوم облачен zatažený overskyet bedeckt συννεφιασμένος nublado, cubierto pilves ابری pilvinen couvert מְעוּנָן घिरा हुआ, आच्छन्न oblačan felhős berawan skÿjaður coperto くもった 구름으로 덮인; 흐린 apsiniaukęs, debesuotas apmācies, mākoņains mendung bewolkt overskyet zachmurzony nublado înnorat покрытый облаками zamračený oblačen oblačan mulen มีเมฆมาก bulutlu 陰天的，多雲的 хмарний, похмурий ابر آلود trời u ám 阴天的，多云的