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Synonyms
o·ver·cast (ṓvər-kăst́, ṓvər-kăst́)

adjective 

    1. Covered or obscured, as with clouds or mist.
    2. Clouded over.
  2. Gloomy; melancholy.
  3. Sewn with long, overlying stitches in order to prevent raveling, as the raw edges of fabric.

noun 

  1. A covering, as of mist or clouds.
  2. An arch or support for a passage over another passage in a mine.
  3. A cast made in fishing that falls beyond the point intended.
  4. An overcast stitch or seam.

verb: -cast, -cast·ing, -casts. 

transitive verb 

  1. To make cloudy or gloomy.
  2. To cast beyond (the intended point) with a fishing rod.
  3. To sew with long, overlying stitches.

intransitive verb 

To become cloudy or gloomy.