Definitions for overcast

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overcast o·ver·cast

Spelling: [adjective oh-ver-kast, -kahst,

IPA: /adjective ˈoʊ vərˈkæst, -ˈkɑst, ˈoʊ vərˌkæst, -ˌkɑst; verb ˌoʊ vərˈkæst, -ˈkɑst, ˈoʊ vərˌkæst, -ˌkɑst; noun ˈoʊ vərˌkæst, -ˌkɑst/

Overcast is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 509 anagrams from letters in overcast (aceorstv).

Definitions for overcast

noun

1. Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
2. Mining. a crossing of two passages, as airways, dug at the same level, in which one rises to pass over the other without opening into it. Compare undercast (def 1).

adjective

1. overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy:
2. Meteorology. (of the sky) more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
3. dark; gloomy.
4. Sewing. sewn by overcasting.

verb (used with object)

1. to overcloud, darken, or make gloomy:
2. to sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, especially long stitches set at intervals to prevent raveling.

verb (used without object)

1. to become cloudy or dark:

Origin of overcast

1175-1225; Middle English (v.); see over-, cast

Examples for overcast

All during the cloudy, overcast day he strained his eyes ahead.

However, an overcast sky (like you see often during the winter) usually ranks at only 1,000 lux or lower.

The plan was to go that coming Sunday afternoon, but when the day came it was bitter, overcast, so I tried begging off.

The sky was overcast, and the heads of the mountains were capped with mist.

His handsome countenance, so marvellously like her own, was overcast.

The wet ground mirrored the overcast sky and three officiating officers stood saluting in the background.

The sky was overcast and gray, with a distinct threat of rain.

Mostly cloudy Monday through Wednesday, cloudy Thursday, overcast Friday, and considerable cloudiness over the weekend.

Glancing skyward, Casanova saw that the heavens were overcast.

Haneke, however, is in a decidedly genial mood on an overcast fall day in midtown Manhattan—and with good reason.