Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.

  2. (transitive)To make gloomy; to depress.

    make overcast or cloudy

  3. (transitive)To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.

    sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To overthrow.

  5. (intransitive, obsolete)To be or become cloudy.

  6. (obsolete, transitive)To transform.

Examples

38 sentences
  1. The sky is overcast.

    Хмарно.

    ruНебо заволокло тучами.

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  2. All of a sudden the sky became overcast.

    ruНебо внезапно заволокло тучами.

    dePlötzlich verdunkelte sich der Himmel.

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  3. It's been overcast for the past few days.

    ruВ последние несколько дней пасмурно.

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  4. It's overcast at the beach today.

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  5. It was overcast yesterday.

    ruВчера было пасмурно.

    deGestern war es bewölkt.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

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

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

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Forms

overcasts, overcasting, overcast, overcast
Base formovercast · to overcast
3rd person singularovercasts
Present participleovercasting
Past simpleovercast / overcasted
Past participleovercast / overcasted

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyovercast
he, she, itovercasts

Past simpleLesson

all personsovercast

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overcast
he, she, ithas overcast

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overcast

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make overcast or cloudy:cloud

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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