Dictionary Entry
overcast
overcast is a 8-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 11 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.
- 2transitive verb
To compute or rate too high.
- 3transitive verb
To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.
- 4noun
a cast that falls beyond the intended spot
- 5noun
a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
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- 6noun
gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
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- 7noun
the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
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- 8verb
sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next
"overcast books"
- 9verb
sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
- 10verb
make overcast or cloudy
"Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"
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- 11adjective
filled or abounding with clouds
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