āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
overcast
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Overcast
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āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāύā§āύ, āĻŽā§āĻāϞāĻž
a condition where the sky is completely covered with clouds, blocking sunlight
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The overcast was so thick that the sun could nât be seen all day.
āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāύā§āύāϤāĻž āĻāϤ āĻāύ āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝ⧠āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϏā§āϰā§āϝ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤
overcast
01
āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāύā§āύ, āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻž
(of weather or the sky) filled with a lot of dark clouds
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The picnic was canceled due to the overcast weather, threatening rain.
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāύā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻŦā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāϏā§āĻ, āĻāĻŋāύāĻžāϰāĻž āϏā§āϞāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž
having edges secured with slanted, long stitches to stop the fabric from fraying
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The overcast stitching gave the hem of the dress extra durability.
āĻāĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāϏā§āĻ āϏā§āϞāĻžāĻ āĻĄā§āϰā§āϏā§āϰ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻā§ āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
to overcast
01
āĻāĻŋāύāĻžāϰāĻž āϏā§āϞāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻŋāύāĻžāϰāĻž āϏā§āϞāĻžāĻ
to stitch over the edge of fabric with slanted, long stitches to prevent fraying
Transitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tailor overcast the seams to reinforce the fabric before sewing it together.
āĻĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏā§āϞāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāϰāϤ⧠seams āĻāĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāϏā§āĻāĨ¤
02
āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāύā§āύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āύā§āϧāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to obscure with clouds or shade, darkening the area
Transitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The shadow of the mountain overcast the meadow below.
āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻž āύā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
overcast
cast
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