overcast
A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizonA cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
Meaning
3 sensesA cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
A place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.
(obsolete)An outcast.
- a cast that falls beyond the intended spot
- a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
- gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
- the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
Examples
38 sentencesThe sky is overcast.
Хмарно. — Anjy
ruНебо заволокло тучами. — ABChessel
All of a sudden the sky became overcast.
ruНебо внезапно заволокло тучами. — marafon
dePlötzlich verdunkelte sich der Himmel. — Esperantostern
It's been overcast for the past few days.
ruВ последние несколько дней пасмурно. — marafon
It's overcast at the beach today.
It was overcast yesterday.
ruВчера было пасмурно. — odexed
deGestern war es bewölkt. — pne
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
plural: overcastsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling:overcasting
- gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover:cloudiness
- the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds:cloudinesscloud cover
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.