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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024o•ver•cast /adj. ˈoʊvɚˈkæst, -ˌkæst; v. ˌoʊvɚˈkæst, ˈoʊvɚˌkæst,;
n. ˈoʊvɚˌkæst/USA pronunciation adj., v., -cast, -cast•ing, n. adj. - overspread with clouds;
cloudy.
v. [~ + object] - to cause to be overclouded or darkened:Clouds began to overcast the sky.
n. [uncountable] - Meteorologythe condition of the sky when it is covered or overspread with clouds.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024o•ver•cast (adj. ō′vər kast′, -käst′, ō′vər kast′, -käst′;v. ō′vər kast′, -käst′, ō′vər kast′, -käst′;
n. ō′vər kast′, -käst′),USA pronunciation adj., v., -cast, -cast•ing, n. adj. - overspread or covered with clouds;
cloudy:an overcast day. - Meteorology(of the sky) more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- dark;
gloomy. - Clothing[Sewing.]sewn by overcasting.
v.t. - to overcloud, darken, or make gloomy:Ominous clouds began to overcast the sky.
- Clothingto sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, esp. long stitches set at intervals to prevent raveling.
v.i. - to become cloudy or dark:By noon it had begun to overcast.
n. - Meteorologythe condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- Mininga crossing of two passages, as airways, dug at the same level, in which one rises to pass over the other without opening into it. Cf. undercast (def. 1).
- 1175–1225; Middle English (verb, verbal); see over-, cast
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: overcast adj /ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/- covered over or obscured, esp by clouds
- (of the sky) more than 95 per cent cloud-covered
- gloomy or melancholy
- sewn over by overcasting
vb /ˌəʊvəˈkɑːst/- to sew (an edge, as of a hem) with long stitches passing successively over the edge
n /ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/- the state of the sky when more than 95 per cent of it is cloud-covered
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