OZDIC

overcast

UK /ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/ US /ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/
verb 5noun 3adj 2

Definitions

noun

1

A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.

2

An outcast.

3

A place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.

adj

1

Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.

The Dawn is over-caſt, the Morning low’rs, And heavily in Clouds brings on the Day, […]

2

In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.

verb

1

To overthrow.

2

To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.

3

To make gloomy; to depress.

4

To be or become cloudy.

5

To transform.

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