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overcast
noun
1 overcast
The state of the sky when it is covered by clouds.
synonyms: cloud cover, cloudiness.
Dutch: bewolking, wolkendek, wolkenlaag
Polish: zachmurzenie
2 overcast
Gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover.
synonym: cloudiness.
3 overcast
A long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling.
synonym: overcasting.
4 overcast
A cast that falls beyond the intended spot.
verb
1 overcast
Make overcast or cloudy:
— Fall weather often overcasts our beaches.
synonym: cloud.
Roget 421:
be dark
etc.
adj..
darken,
obscure,
shade;
dim;
tone down,
lower;
overcast,
overshadow;
eclipse;
obfuscate,
offuscate†;
obumbrate†,
adumbrate;
cast into the shade becloud,
bedim†,
bedarken†;
cast a shade,
throw a shade,
spread a shade,
cast a shadow,
cast a gloom,
throw a shadow,
spread a shadow,
cast gloom,
throw gloom,
spread gloom.
extinguish;
put out,
blow out,
snuff out;
doubt.
turn out the lights,
douse the lights,
dim the lights,
turn off the lights,
switch off the lights.
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Dutch: bewolken
2 overcast
Sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches.
3 overcast
Sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next.
adjective
1 overcast
Filled or abounding with clouds.
synonyms: cloud-covered, clouded, sunless.
Roget 421:
dark,
darksome†,
darkling;
obscure,
tenebrious†,
sombrous†,
pitch dark,
pitchy,
pitch black;
caliginous†;
black
etc.
(in color)
431.
sunless,
lightless
etc.
(sun)
(light),
etc.
423;
somber,
dusky;
unilluminated
etc.
(illuminate)
etc.
420†;
nocturnal;
dingy,
lurid,
gloomy;
murky,
murksome†;
shady,
umbrageous;
overcast
etc.
(dim)
422;
cloudy
etc.
(opaque)
426;
darkened;
etc.
v..
dark as pitch,
dark as a pit,
dark as Erebus [Lat.].
benighted;
noctivagant†,
noctivagous†.
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Roget 353:
bubbling
etc.
v.;
frothy,
nappy†,
effervescent,
sparkling,
mousseux [Fr.],
frothy [Fr.Tr.],
up.
cloudy
etc.
n.;
thunderheaded†;
vaporous,
nebulous,
overcast.
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Roget 422:
dim,
dull,
lackluster,
dingy,
darkish,
shorn of its beams,
dark
421.
faint,
shadowed forth;
glassy;
cloudy;
misty
etc.
(opaque)
426;
blear;
muggy†,
fuliginous†;
nebulous,
nebular;
obnubilated†,
overcast,
crepuscular,
muddy,
lurid,
leaden,
dun,
dirty;
looming
etc.
v..
pale
etc.
(colorless)
429;
confused
etc.
(invisible)
447.
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