Overcast
['əʊvəkɑːst] or [,ovɚ'kæst]
Definition
(noun.) a cast that falls beyond the intended spot.
(noun.) a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling.
(verb.) sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; 'overcast books'.
(verb.) sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches.
(verb.) make overcast or cloudy; 'Fall weather often overcasts our beaches'.
Checked by Blanchard--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.
(v. t.) To compute or rate too high.
(v. t.) To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.
Typed by Floyd
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Clouded, darkened, obscured.
Checker: Zelig
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cloudy, nubilous, lowering, murky
ANT:Cloudless, clear, luminous, azure
Checked by Elton
Definition
v.t. to cast over: to cloud: to cover with gloom: to sew over or stitch the edges (of a piece of cloth) slightly.—v.i. to grow dull or cloudy.—n. Overcast′ing the action of the verb overcast: in bookbinding a method of oversewing single leaves in hem-stitch style to give the pliability of folded double leaves.
Editor: Lou
Examples
- The day waned into a gloomy evening, overcast and sad, and I still contended with the same distress. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She nodded several times, and her face became overcast and gloomy. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was the first of June; yet the morning was overcast and chilly: rain beat fast on my casement. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In another hour it had much increased, and the sky was more overcast, and blew hard. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Likewise, on John's offering a suggestion which didn't meet his views, his face became overcast and reproachful, as enjoining penance. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The brilliant day had become overcast, spots of rain were falling. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There was a pause of some moments; and St. Clare's countenance was overcast by a sad, dreamy expression. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- MONKS, AT THEIR NOCTURNAL INTERVIEW It was a dull, close, overcast summer evening. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- When he got out of the house, the air was cold and sad, the dull sky overcast, the river dark and dim, the whole scene like a lifeless desert. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But his cunning had a little overcast its mark. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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