overcast

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O0178400 (ō′vər-kăst′, ō′vər-kăst′)adj.1. a. Covered or obscured, as with clouds or mist.b. Clouded over.2. Gloomy; melancholy.3. Sewn with long, overlying stitches in order to prevent raveling, as the raw edges of fabric.n. (ō′vər-kăst′)1. A covering, as of mist or clouds.2. An arch or support for a passage over another passage in a mine.3. A cast made in fishing that falls beyond the point intended.4. An overcast stitch or seam.v. (ō′vər-kăst′, ō′vər-kăst′) o·ver·cast, o·ver·cast·ing, o·ver·casts v.tr.1. To make cloudy or gloomy.2. To cast beyond (the intended point) with a fishing rod.3. To sew with long, overlying stitches.v.intr. To become cloudy or gloomy.

overcast

adj 1. covered over or obscured, esp by clouds 2. (Physical Geography) meteorol (of the sky) more than 95 per cent cloud-covered 3. gloomy or melancholy 4. (Knitting & Sewing) sewn over by overcasting vb 5. to make or become overclouded or gloomy 6. (Knitting & Sewing) to sew (an edge, as of a hem) with long stitches passing successively over the edge n 7. a covering, as of clouds or mist 8. (Physical Geography) meteorol the state of the sky when more than 95 per cent of it is cloud-covered 9. (Mining & Quarrying) mining a crossing of two passages without an intersection

o•ver•cast

(adj. ˈoʊ vərˈkæst, -ˈkɑst, -ˌkæst, -ˌkɑst; v. ˌoʊ vərˈkæst, -ˈkɑst, ˈoʊ vərˌkæst, -ˌkɑst; n. ˈoʊ vərˌkæst, -ˌkɑst)

adj., v. -cast, -cast•ing,
n. adj. 1. a. overspread with clouds; cloudy. b. (of the sky) more than 95 percent covered by clouds. 2. dark; gloomy. v.t. 3. to overcloud; darken. 4. to sew (fabric) with long, spaced stitches passing successively over an edge. n. 5. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds. [1175–1225]

overcast

Past participle: overcast
Gerund: overcasting

Imperative
overcast
overcast

Present
I overcast
you overcast
he/she/it overcasts
we overcast
you overcast
they overcast

Preterite
I overcast
you overcast
he/she/it overcast
we overcast
you overcast
they overcast

Present Continuous
I am overcasting
you are overcasting
he/she/it is overcasting
we are overcasting
you are overcasting
they are overcasting

Present Perfect
I have overcast
you have overcast
he/she/it has overcast
we have overcast
you have overcast
they have overcast

Past Continuous
I was overcasting
you were overcasting
he/she/it was overcasting
we were overcasting
you were overcasting
they were overcasting

Past Perfect
I had overcast
you had overcast
he/she/it had overcast
we had overcast
you had overcast
they had overcast

Future
I will overcast
you will overcast
he/she/it will overcast
we will overcast
you will overcast
they will overcast

Future Perfect
I will have overcast
you will have overcast
he/she/it will have overcast
we will have overcast
you will have overcast
they will have overcast

Future Continuous
I will be overcasting
you will be overcasting
he/she/it will be overcasting
we will be overcasting
you will be overcasting
they will be overcasting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been overcasting
you have been overcasting
he/she/it has been overcasting
we have been overcasting
you have been overcasting
they have been overcasting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been overcasting
you will have been overcasting
he/she/it will have been overcasting
we will have been overcasting
you will have been overcasting
they will have been overcasting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been overcasting
you had been overcasting
he/she/it had been overcasting
we had been overcasting
you had been overcasting
they had been overcasting

Conditional
I would overcast
you would overcast
he/she/it would overcast
we would overcast
you would overcast
they would overcast

Past Conditional
I would have overcast
you would have overcast
he/she/it would have overcast
we would have overcast
you would have overcast
they would have overcast

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	overcast - the state of the sky when it is covered by cloudscloud cover, cloudinessbad weather, inclemency, inclementness - weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
	2.	overcast - gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud covercloudinesssemidarkness - partial darkness
	3.	overcast - a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent ravelingovercastingwhipstitch, whipstitching, whipping - a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
	4.	overcast - a cast that falls beyond the intended spotcasting, cast - the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
Verb	1.	overcast - make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"clouddarken - make dark or darker; "darken a room"fog up - get foggy; "The windshield fogged up"haze - become hazy, dull, or cloudybrighten, clear, light up, clear up - become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm"
	2.	overcast - sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitchessew, sew together, stitch, run up - fasten by sewing; do needleworkoversew - sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both
	3.	overcast - sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; "overcast books"sew, sew together, stitch, run up - fasten by sewing; do needlework
Adj.	1.	overcast - filled or abounding with cloudscloud-covered, sunless, cloudedcloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"

overcast

adjective cloudy, grey, dull, threatening, dark, clouded, dim, gloomy, dismal, murky, dreary, leaden, clouded over, sunless, louring or lowering It was a cold, wintry, overcast afternoon.
clear, fine, bright, brilliant, sunny, cloudless, unclouded

overcast

verbTo make dim or indistinct:becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dim, dull, eclipse, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, obscure, overshadow, shadow.

Translations

阴天的多云的

overcast

(əuvəˈkaːst) adjective cloudy. on a slightly overcast day. 陰天的，多雲的 阴天的，多云的

overcast

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