Definition of "overcast" in Englisch

noun

1. A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.

2. (obsolete) An outcast.

3. (mining) A place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.

adjective

1. Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.

2. (figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To overthrow.

2. (transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.

3. (transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To be or become cloudy.

5. (transitive, obsolete) To transform.

6. (transitive, bookbinding) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.