English Explanatory Dictionary

overcast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
  2. An outcast.
  3. A place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.
adj
  1. Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
  2. In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
verb
  1. To overthrow.
  2. To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
  3. To make gloomy; to depress.
  4. To be or become cloudy.
  5. To transform.
  6. To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.

Pronunciation

ōʹvə-käst' /ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/ en-uk-overcast.ogg ōʹvər-kăst' /ˈoʊvɚ.kæst/ ō'və-kästʹ /ˌəʊvəˈkɑːst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overcast (verb).wav ō'vər-kăstʹ /ˌoʊvɚˈkæst/

Word forms

overcast overcasts more overcast most overcast overcasting overcasted

Etymology

From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- + cast. Compare Swedish överkast.

Derived words

overcastness overcaster

Translations

Catalan: cobert Dutch: bewolkt Esperanto: nuboplena Finnish: pilvinen French: couvert German: bewölkt Hungarian: borult Irish: smúitiúil Irish: scamallach Irish: modartha Italian: coperto Polish: zachmurzony Portuguese: encoberto Spanish: cubierto Swedish: mulen Tamil: மேகமூட்டம் Welsh: cymylog
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