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o·ver·cast
(ō′vər-kăst′, ō′vər-kăst′)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. (ō′vər-kăst′)
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. (ō′vər-kăst′, ō′vər-kăst′) 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
adj
1. covered over or obscured, esp by clouds
2. (Physical Geography) meteorol (of the sky) more than 95 per cent cloud-covered
3. gloomy or melancholy
4. (Knitting & Sewing) sewn over by overcasting
vb
5. to make or become overclouded or gloomy
6. (Knitting & Sewing) to sew (an edge, as of a hem) with long stitches passing successively over the edge
n
7. a covering, as of clouds or mist
8. (Physical Geography) meteorol the state of the sky when more than 95 per cent of it is cloud-covered
9. (Mining & Quarrying) mining a crossing of two passages without an intersection
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o•ver•cast
(adj. ˈoʊ vərˈkæst, -ˈkɑst, -ˌkæst, -ˌkɑst; v. ˌoʊ vərˈkæst, -ˈkɑst, ˈoʊ vərˌkæst, -ˌkɑst; n. ˈoʊ vərˌkæst, -ˌkɑst)adj., v. -cast, -cast•ing,
n. adj.
1.
a. overspread with clouds; cloudy.
b. (of the sky) more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
2. dark; gloomy.
v.t. 3. to overcloud; darken.
4. to sew (fabric) with long, spaced stitches passing successively over an edge.
n. 5. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
[1175–1225]
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overcast
Past participle: overcast
Gerund: overcasting
| Imperative |
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| overcast |
| overcast |
| Present |
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| I overcast |
| you overcast |
| he/she/it overcasts |
| we overcast |
| you overcast |
| they overcast |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I overcast |
| you overcast |
| he/she/it overcast |
| we overcast |
| you overcast |
| they overcast |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am overcasting |
| you are overcasting |
| he/she/it is overcasting |
| we are overcasting |
| you are overcasting |
| they are overcasting |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have overcast |
| you have overcast |
| he/she/it has overcast |
| we have overcast |
| you have overcast |
| they have overcast |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was overcasting |
| you were overcasting |
| he/she/it was overcasting |
| we were overcasting |
| you were overcasting |
| they were overcasting |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had overcast |
| you had overcast |
| he/she/it had overcast |
| we had overcast |
| you had overcast |
| they had overcast |
| Future |
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| I will overcast |
| you will overcast |
| he/she/it will overcast |
| we will overcast |
| you will overcast |
| they will overcast |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have overcast |
| you will have overcast |
| he/she/it will have overcast |
| we will have overcast |
| you will have overcast |
| they will have overcast |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be overcasting |
| you will be overcasting |
| he/she/it will be overcasting |
| we will be overcasting |
| you will be overcasting |
| they will be overcasting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been overcasting |
| you have been overcasting |
| he/she/it has been overcasting |
| we have been overcasting |
| you have been overcasting |
| they have been overcasting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been overcasting |
| you will have been overcasting |
| he/she/it will have been overcasting |
| we will have been overcasting |
| you will have been overcasting |
| they will have been overcasting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been overcasting |
| you had been overcasting |
| he/she/it had been overcasting |
| we had been overcasting |
| you had been overcasting |
| they had been overcasting |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would overcast |
| you would overcast |
| he/she/it would overcast |
| we would overcast |
| you would overcast |
| they would overcast |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have overcast |
| you would have overcast |
| he/she/it would have overcast |
| we would have overcast |
| you would have overcast |
| they would have overcast |
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Noun 1. [画像:overcast - the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds]overcast - the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
2. overcast - gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
semidarkness - partial darkness
3. [画像:overcast - a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling]overcast - a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
4. overcast - a cast that falls beyond the intended spot
Verb 1. overcast - make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"
darken - make dark or darker; "darken a room"
fog up - get foggy; "The windshield fogged up"
haze - become hazy, dull, or cloudy
2. overcast - sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
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"
Adj. 1. overcast - filled or abounding with clouds
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 It was a cold, wintry, overcast afternoon.
clear, fine, bright, brilliant, sunny, cloudless, unclouded
clear, fine, bright, brilliant, sunny, cloudless, unclouded
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overcast
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
مُظْلِم، مُعْتِم، مُتَلَبِّد بالغُيوممُعْتِم
oblačný
overskyet
pilvinen
oblačan
skÿjaîur
曇った
잔뜩 흐린
apmācies, mākoņains
mulen
มีเฆมมาก
u ám
overcast
[ˈəʊvəkɑːst] ADJ [sky] → encapotado, cubierto ; [day] → nubladoto grow overcast → nublarse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
overcast
[ˈəʊvərkɑːst] adj [sky] → couvert(e); [afternoon, morning] → couvert(e)The sky was overcast → Le ciel était couvert.
For three days it was overcast → Pendant trois jours, le temps a été couvert.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
overcast
[ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst] adj → nuvoloso/a, coperto/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
overcast
(əuvəˈkaːst) adjective cloudy. on a slightly overcast day. betrokke, bewolk, toegetrek مُظْلِم، مُعْتِم، مُتَلَبِّد بالغُيوم облачен nublado zatažený bedeckt overskyet συννεφιασμένος nublado, cubierto pilves ابری pilvinen couvert מעונן घिरा हुआ, आच्छन्न oblačan felhős berawan skÿjaður coperto くもった 잔뜩 흐린 apsiniaukęs, debesuotas apmācies, mākoņains mendung bewolkt overskyet zachmurzony وريځ 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
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overcast
→ مُعْتِم oblačný overskyet bedeckt νεφοσκεπής encapotado pilvinen couvert oblačan coperto 曇った 잔뜩 흐린 bewolkt overskyet przygnębiony nublado затянутый облаками mulen มีเฆมมาก bulutlu u ám 阴天的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009