Overcast

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Mục lục 1 Adjective 1.1 overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy 1.2 Meteorology . (of the sky) more than 95 percent covered by clouds. 1.3 dark; gloomy. 1.4 Sewing . sewn by overcasting. 2 Verb (used with object) 2.1 to overcloud, darken, or make gloomy 2.2 to sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, esp. long stitches set at intervals to prevent raveling. 3 Verb (used without object) 3.1 to become cloudy or dark 4 Noun 4.1 Meteorology . the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds. 4.2 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 ) . 5 Antonyms 5.1 adjective 6 Synonyms 6.1 adjective 6.2 verb

Adjective

overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy

an overcast day.

Meteorology . (of the sky) more than 95 percent covered by clouds.

dark; gloomy.

Sewing . sewn by overcasting.

Verb (used with object)

to overcloud, darken, or make gloomy

Ominous clouds began to overcast the sky.

to sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, esp. long stitches set at intervals to prevent raveling.

Verb (used without object)

to become cloudy or dark

By noon it had begun to overcast.

Noun

Meteorology . the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.

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 ) .

Antonyms

adjective

bright , clear , sunny

Synonyms

adjective

clouded , clouded over , dark , dismal , dreary , dull , gray , hazy , leaden , lowering , murky , nebulous , not clear , not fair , oppressive , somber , sunless , threatening , cloudy , darken , foggy , gloomy , heavy , obscure , sullen

verb

becloud , bedim , befog , blear , blur , cloud , dim , dull , eclipse , fog , gloom , mist , obfuscate , overshadow , shadow