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☁️ To become cloudy 🌫️ To make unclear 💻 A main cloud
to overcloud

to overcloud

7.0
Sky becomes covered with clouds and looks gray
  • verb
  • /ˌoʊvərˈklaʊd/
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  • The sky began to overcloud just before the afternoon storm arrived.

Examples

  • By mid-morning, the sun had vanished as heavy gray clouds overclouded the skyline.

  • It started to overcloud just before the picnic.

  • As the temperature dropped, the horizon seemed to overcloud rapidly.

  • The sky began to overcloud in the afternoon.

  • The sky began to overcloud as the storm approached, blocking out the sunlight.

  • By noon, dark clouds started to overcloud the brilliant blue sky, signaling rain was on its way.

  • As the afternoon progressed, the bright day began to overcloud, making it feel much cooler.

Synonyms

to cloud
vsto overcloud
56 4.4

To make something less clear or bright by covering it

is limited to weather becoming covered rather than general obscuring
to cloud up
vsto overcloud
1 3.2

To become cloudy in the sky

is the complete covering stage rather than the initial change
to cloud over
vsto overcloud
1 3.4

The sky becomes covered with clouds and looks less bright

is about a full dimming of the sky rather than a brief change
to overcast
vsto overcloud
3.5

To cover the sky with clouds and make it look dark

is specifically the natural change into that state not causing it

How Cloudy

to overcloud
7.0
to darken
63 3.3

Surface Forms

overcloud infinitive
overclouded past
overclouded past participle
overclouding present participle
overclouds third person singular

Morphology

overcloud = cloud (transparent) = over + cloud

The meaning is directly derived from 'over' + 'cloud', indicating the sky becoming covered with clouds.

Etymology

Overcloud comes from the parts over- ('above' or 'too much') and cloud, so it literally means to 'cover with clouds' — like when the sky fills with gray and the sun disappears.