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Webster 1913 Edition


Overcast

Oˊver-cast′

(ōˊvẽr-kȧst′)
,
Verb.
T.
1.
To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.
Those clouds that
overcast
your morn shall fly.
Dryden.
2.
To compute or rate too high.
Bacon.
3.
(Sewing)
To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overcast

OVERC'AST

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To cloud; to darken; to cover with gloom.
The clouds that overcast our morn shall fly.
2.
To cast or compute at too high a rate; to rate too high.
The king in his account of peace and calms did much overcast his fortunes -
3.
To sew over.

OVERC'AST

,
pp.
Clouded; overspread with clouds or gloom.
The dawn is overcast.
Our days of age are sad and overcast.

Definition 2024


overcast

overcast

English

Noun

overcast (plural overcasts)

  1. (obsolete) An outcast.
  2. A cloud covering all of the sky.

Adjective

overcast (comparative more overcast, superlative most overcast)

  1. Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
  2. (figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
Translations

Verb

overcast (third-person singular simple present overcasts, present participle overcasting, simple past and past participle overcast)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To overthrow.
  2. (transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
  3. (transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To be or become cloudy.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To transform.
  6. (transitive, bookbinding) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
Translations

References

  • overcast in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • overcast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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