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overcast

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1. overcast - Noun

2. overcast - Adjective

3. overcast - Verb

4. overcast - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.

To compute or rate too high.

To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky--seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness. Joseph Conrad

I went to an audition the other day, they were casting 13 people to be clouds, 14 people showed up, it was overcast. Jay London

Now the peak of summer's past, the sky is overcast And the love we swore would last for an age seems deceit. Cecil Day Lewis

And still the arrows flew so thick and fast, That, as by clouds, the heavens were overcast. Francesco Berni

His face was like the autumn sky, overcast one moment and bright the next. Joseph Conrad

In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes overcast you will be alone. Latin Proverb

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