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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "overcast"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽā§‡āϘāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύ, āĻŽā§‡āϘāϞāĻž

a condition where the sky is completely covered with clouds, blocking sunlight
overcast definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The overcast was so thick that the sun could n’t be seen all day.
āĻŽā§‡āϘāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻž āĻāϤ āϘāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§‡āϘāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύ, āĻŽā§‡āĻ˜ā§‡ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž

(of weather or the sky) filled with a lot of dark clouds
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The picnic was canceled due to the overcast weather, threatening rain.
āĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āϘāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟ, āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻžāϰāĻž āϏ⧇āϞāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž

having edges secured with slanted, long stitches to stop the fabric from fraying
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The overcast stitching gave the hem of the dress extra durability.
āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟ āϏ⧇āϞāĻžāχ āĻĄā§āϰ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻŽāϕ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻžāϰāĻž āϏ⧇āϞāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻžāϰāĻž āϏ⧇āϞāĻžāχ

to stitch over the edge of fabric with slanted, long stitches to prevent fraying
Transitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tailor overcast the seams to reinforce the fabric before sewing it together.
āĻĻāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏ⧇āϞāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ seams āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§‡āϘāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to obscure with clouds or shade, darkening the area

cloud

Transitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The shadow of the mountain overcast the meadow below.
āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻž āύ⧀āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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