overcast

noun · adjective · verbB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

overcasts

1.
A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
2.
(obsolete)An outcast.
3.
(mining) A place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.

Tính từ

adjective

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.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

overcasts

V_ing/Gerund

overcasting

V_ed/pp

overcastovercasted

1.
(obsolete, transitive)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.
(obsolete, transitive)To transform.
6.
(transitive)(transitive, bookbinding) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

overcastness

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- + cast. Compare överkast.