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Meaning of overcast

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  overcast
      adj 1: filled or abounding with clouds [syn: {cloud-covered},
             {clouded}, {overcast}, {sunless}]
      n 1: the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds [syn:
           {cloudiness}, {cloud cover}, {overcast}]
      2: gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover [syn: {cloudiness},
         {overcast}]
      3: a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to
         prevent raveling [syn: {overcast}, {overcasting}]
      4: a cast that falls beyond the intended spot
      v 1: make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our
           beaches" [syn: {overcast}, {cloud}] [ant: {brighten},
           {clear}, {clear up}, {light up}]
      2: sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
      3: sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next;
         "overcast books"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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