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

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.
2. transitive verb. To compute or rate too high.
3. transitive verb. To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.
4. noun. a cast that falls beyond the intended spot
5. noun. a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling

   Synonyms: overcasting

6. noun. gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover

   Synonyms: cloudiness

7. noun. the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds

   Synonyms: cloudiness

8. verb. sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next

   "overcast books"

9. verb. sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
10. verb. make overcast or cloudy

    "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

    Synonyms: cloud

11. adjective. filled or abounding with clouds

    Synonyms: clouded, sunless

Synonyms

overcasting, cloudiness, cloud, clouded, sunless

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in overcast:

overacts

Common word forms

overcasts, overcasted, overcasting

Words from these letters

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