Crossword clues for overcast
overcast
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
overcast \o`ver*cast"\, a.
(Meteorology) Completely or almost completely covered over with clouds; -- of the sky.
(Sewing) Sewn by overcasting.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
1 Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (cx meteorology English) more than 90% covered by clouds. 2 (context figuratively English) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy. n. 1 (context obsolete English) An outcast. 2 A cloud covering all of the sky. v
1 (context transitive obsolete English) To overthrow. 2 (context transitive English) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken. 3 (context transitive English) To make gloomy; to depress. 4 (context intransitive obsolete English) To be or become cloudy. 5 (context transitive obsolete English) To transform. 6 (cx transitive bookbinding English) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
WordNet
adj. filled or abounding with clouds [syn: cloud-covered, clouded, sunless]
n. the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds [syn: cloudiness, cloud cover]
gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover [syn: cloudiness]
a long whip stitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling [syn: overcasting]
a cast that falls beyond the intended spot
v. make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches" [syn: cloud] [ant: clear up]
sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; "overcast books"
Wikipedia
Overcast or overcast weather, as defined by the World Meteorological Organization, is the meteorological condition of clouds obscuring all of the sky. Overcast, written as "OVC" in the METAR observation, is reported when the cloud cover is observed to equal eight oktas (eighths).
Sometimes clouds can be different colors such as black or white, but the word usually refers to grey. In some cases, it can be impossible to see distinct borders of clouds or the sky may be covered by a single type of cloud, such as stratus and the whole sky will be a dull white.
Periods of overcast weather can range from a few hours to several days. Overcast weather can also affect people suffering from seasonal affective disorder.
The same weather, when observed by pilots, might be referred to as (an) undercast.
Overcast was an American metalcore band that started in the early 1990s, but broke up in 1998 after an unsuccessful tour; in 2006 they reunited to play the 2006 installment of the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, and announced that they would release a new album entitled Reborn to Kill Again with 11 re-recorded classic tracks and two unreleased tracks. In 2011, ex-Overcast band-mates: Mike D'Antonio, Pete Cortese and Brian Fair announced the formation of their new side-project; "Death Ray Vision".
Overcast: Podcast Player is an iOS app by Marco Arment which downloads and plays podcasts. It has been positively reviewed by several journalists, with The Verge and The Sweet Setup both naming it as the best podcast listening app for iOS.
Overcast is the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds.
Overcast may also refer to:
- Overcast (band), an American metalcore band
- Overcast!, Atmosphere's first album
- Overcast! (EP), also released by Atmosphere
- Overcast, a Transformer Mini-Con on Giant Planet Team
- Operation Overcast, original name of Operation Paperclip, an Office of Strategic Services program to recruit German scientists after World War II
- Overcast stitch, a type of sewing stitch
- The Overcast, a monthly arts and culture newspaper in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Overcast (app), an iOS podcast listening app by Marco Arment
- A solo alias of Mark Newlands of Nasenbluten
Usage examples of "overcast".
All light vanished, and Brachis and Bester stood together in a moonless and overcast Earth night.
The overcast had made it impossible to keep the aliens in contact, and Longo had held his position on the valley flank until daybreak.
As they came out under the clouds, Manny spotted a blue-gray tear in the overcast sky off to the right through which sunlight streamed, illuminating what seemed to be a carpet of white birches.
Vast weather systems can slowly pump up stratus clouds in huge sheets, layer after layer of flat overcast that sometimes covers a quarter of North America.
The sun was hiding behind an overcast of dirty-pearl clouds, and a stiff northerly wind had draped the horizon behind a curtain of tannish stonemurk.
Under the overcast sky Troy and a dozen coworkers marched into the fenced area as the car settled onto its toroidal supports and padded bumpers.
The day was overcast, clouds entirely obscured the higher peaks though the sun was visible, pale and unluminous, through the mists.
The White Grass Moon was hidden behind the overcast that delivered the snow, and the lodges of the Tachyn huddled like some great crop of mushrooms over the Wintering Ground.
This was the coldest day we have yet experienced: the heavens were overcast with clouds.
On moonless or overcast nights, Takeshi and Ichizo take off all their clothes and splash each other with Cypridina light, running and giggling under the palm trees.
One mild overcast Saturday nearly a year after Frenesi had moved out, Zoyd and Prairie, returning from a midday stroll down the alley to the Gordita Pier and back, found inside their house who but Hector, posed dramatically in the front room next to the biggest block of pressed marijuana Zoyd had ever seen in his life, too big to have fit through any door yet towering there, mysteriously, a shaggy monolithic slab reaching almost to the ceiling.
Before him were the solid blackness of the trees and overhead a thickly overcast sky, through which the faint gleam of an obscured moon came milkily now and then, low in the western quarter of the heavens.
The perfect summerlike weather had broken, but even though it was grey and overcast, it was still unusually warm.
Even though the sky was overcast and the air cold, he had not bothered to put on a coat, and his lightweight suit, with its unpadded shoulders, made him look even taller than he was.
So that when, on the sixteenth of December 1792, the gay morning was suddenly overcast, and a black curtain was drawn over the bright sun, the people of Jersey, working in the fields, vraicking among the rocks, or knitting in their doorways, stood aghast, and knew not what was upon them.