overcast
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈoʊvərˌkæst/
:
cielo cubierto
- But what do you do when you take a trip to a beautiful place, where you will only be for a few days, and all you get is a dull overcast and a drizzle?
- the overcast cleared
- overcast began to break
- morning overcast
Examples
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The morning overcast was breaking, and the sun struck sparks from the wave-tops.
Fiction book (2002) -
The afternoon's overcast had cleared, and the sun was making its leisurely descent toward the horizon.
Fiction book (1999) -
About ten, the gray and purple overcast began to break up and the sun arrived on the beaches.
Fiction book (2000) -
It was nearly seven o'clock, but the fog and overcast made it seem much earlier.
Fiction book (1991) -
The drizzle that had dominated most of the day was gone, and the dense overcast had begun to dissolve.
Fiction book (1995) -
Heavy overcast would prevent reconnaissance planes from directing naval bombardment.
Academic text (1994) -
The fog had dissipated; the sun shone cool through a high overcast, washing the landscape in honey-colored light.
Fiction book (1993) -
The overcast dimmed them, and shreds of cumulus drifted past their backs and bowed heads.
Fiction book (1990) -
A curtain of dingy overcast hung halfway up the east; blue-green Magda shone through like an ancient coin covered with verdigris.
Fiction book (1992) -
The sky was filled with a gray overcast, casting a dim light over the landscape.
Synonyms
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3.4
The amount of sky covered by clouds
3
2.5
A sky completely covered with clouds without direct sunlight
2
2.1
Sky covered with clouds so it is not bright
Antonyms
Compounds
How Cloudy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Overcast comes from the parts over meaning 'above' and cast meaning 'to throw' or 'to cover', so imagine clouds like a big blanket thrown over the sky; that's why an overcast is when the sky is completely covered with clouds.