overcast

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) An outcast.
  2. Noun.  A cloud covering all of the sky.
  3. Adjective.  Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened.
  4. Adjective.  (meteorology) The sky is said to be '''overcast''', when it is more than 90% covered by clouds.
  5. Adjective.  In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
  6. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To overthrow.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.
  9. Verb.  (intransitive, obsolete) To be or become cloudy.
  10. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To transform.

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