noun
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An outcast.
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A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon; cloudy.
verb
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To overthrow.
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To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
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To make gloomy; to depress.
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To be or become cloudy.
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To transform.
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To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
adjective
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Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; more than 90% covered by clouds.
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In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
Examples of overcast in a Sentence
Tuesday dawned a dreary overcast day.
It was frosty and the air was sharp, but toward evening the sky became overcast and it began to thaw.
The day was overcast and absent the warming glow of the sun, felt colder than usual.
It was overcast, but warm.
The sky of bright promise was soon overcast.
For now, on a moody, overcast day, the " purple haze " seems fitting.
The sky is almost constantly overcast, and rain falls, mostly in a drizzle and in frequent showers, on about 250 days in the year.
Light brown is a good color for overcast days and is recommended for skiers and golfers.
The sky became so heavily overcast that lights had to be switched on in houses and business premises.
The day remained mainly overcast with a light N'ly breeze.
Wednesday 18th June 2003 It was a rather overcast morning that soon turned to rain.
Ongoing developments in the field of solar technology means that solar panels produce energy in even overcast conditions.
Overcast winter light has been shown to be just as good as light box light.
Ideally, choose an overcast day or quiet evening, when winds are still and the sun is not overly harsh.
Black varieties may have a sheen or overcast of one of the other colors.
As a result, images are sharp and clear, even when the sky is overcast.
Use the amber lenses for overcast days, the blue for sunny days, and the brown for moderate lighting conditions.
What ski goggles do is protect your eyes from the sun's UV rays; they can be extremely harsh when reflecting off of the snow on a bright or overcast day.
They are polarized for the glare reduction, and you can have improved vision on even overcast days if you need prescription lenses.
The persimmon lenses are designed for low light conditions, like on overcast days.
For example, blue lenses are meant for very bright sunlight, brown helps with depth perception, and yellow mirror lenses are perfect for overcast days.
It's perfect for brightening your view on overcast days or in conditions with low lighting.
For that reason, eyecare specialists recommend protective eyewear at all times when a person could be exposed to UV light, even on overcast days.
Whether you'll be out when it's overcast or bright and sunny, the HCL Bronze lenses are supposed to increase contrast.
If you live in an overcast area where some of the sun's ultraviolet rays are frequently blocked out, then you might be not getting enough.
However, the skies become overcast when Pisces refuses to take a philosophical point of view or when he gets wounded by Sagittarius' blunt words.
These show how the frequency of visible auroras diminished as cloud increased from o (sky quite clear) to 10 (sky wholly overcast).
It remained overcast and I could hear the rain pelting the roof and a murmur of voices below.
Another southerly airflow on 12th brought warm and overcast conditions resulting in a good count of 21 species.
Day 3 The early morning was a little overcast, but soon brightened as the morning progressed.
The day was overcast with slight drizzle, exactly what I was told England was like.
Because of the difference in water clarity and overcast days, it can be very difficult to get the right f-stop.
Despite a thin altostratus overcast by 2100 UTC a strong Aurora glow was visible during the late evening.
We climbed the roughly hewn stone steps that led to the elevated platform of the temple under the feeble light from an overcast sky.
The larger OUT cell, also in a cosine corrected mount, is used to measure the illuminance from a whole overcast hemisphere.
We arrived at Yala in time for lunch and an afternoon jeep drive, during which it was overcast with heavy rain.
The subdued lighting in this picture captures the effect of a cloudy overcast sky which is common in the winter months.
Warm humid climates have predominantly overcast skies of very high luminance.
Unless stated otherwise the sky luminance distribution is assumed to be that of the CIE standard overcast sky.
Conditions were bright and warm, tho slightly overcast at times.
The sky was now completely overcast, the rain falling in torrents of an icy coldness.
Either way, the sky above it is generally overcast.
The day remained overcast with further light showers between brighter spells.
Looking up through the branches we perceived that the sky had become overcast with heavy clouds.
The day kept overcast here with the WNW'ly wind keeping orographic cloud overhead.
Another misty and overcast morning, could somebody have a word with somebody about this weather - we are getting slightly soggy.
Shoreham Beach Weather Station 30 June 2005 The long dry spell ended with 2 mm of rain on an overcast day.
At Kiel (53) and Trieste the average value of q is considerably less for wholly overcast days than for bright days.
The day remained overcast, and sunless, with drizzle from noon turning to light rain until 17 GMT.
Backed with cream fabric (in two pieces) sewn with black cotton thread in overcast stitch.