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Overcast! — Studio album by Atmosphere Released 1997 … Wikipedia
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Overcast — O ver*cast ([=o] v[ e]r*k[.a]st ), v. t. 1. To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken. [1913 Webster] Those clouds that overcast your morn shall fly. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To compute or rate too high. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. (Sewing) … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
overcast — (adj.) 1560s, originally pp. of verb overcast (late 13c.), to cover, to overspread as with a garment, usually of weather, from OVER (Cf. over) + CAST (Cf. cast) (q.v.). Earliest sense of the verb (early 13c.) was to overthrow … Etymology dictionary
overcast — ► ADJECTIVE 1) cloudy; dull. 2) edged with stitching to prevent fraying. ► VERB (past and past part. overcast) ▪ stitch over (a raw edge) to prevent fraying … English terms dictionary
overcast — [ō′vər kast΄; ] for v., also [ ō΄vər kast′] n. a covering, esp. of clouds adj. 1. cloudy; dark: said of the sky or weather 2. Sewing made with overcasting vt., vi. overcast, overcasting 1. to overcloud; darken … English World dictionary
overcast — o ver*cast , a. 1. (Meteorology) Completely or almost completely covered over with clouds; of the sky. [PJC] 2. (Sewing) Sewn by overcasting. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
overcast — [adj] cloudy, darkened clouded, clouded over, dark, dismal, dreary, dull, gray, hazy, leaden, lowering, murky, nebulous, not clear, not fair, oppressive, somber, sunless, threatening; concept 525 Ant. bright, clear, sunny … New thesaurus
Overcast — For other uses, see Overcast (disambiguation). A completely overcast sky Overcast or overcast weather, as defined by the World Meteorological Organization, is the meteorological condition of clouds obscuring all of the sky.[1] … Wikipedia
Overcast — V2 auf der Startrampe in White Sands Die Operation Overcast (engl. overcast = bewölkt, wolkenverhangen) war ein militärisches Geheimprojekt der USA aus dem Jahr 1945, um nach der Niederlage des Deutschen Reiches im Zweiten Weltkrieg deutsche… … Deutsch Wikipedia
