overcast

Etymology

From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- + cast. Compare Swedish överkast.

noun

1. A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
2. (obsolete) An outcast.

adj

1. Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
2. (figurative) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To overthrow.
2. (transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
3. (transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To be or become cloudy.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To transform.
6. (transitive, bookbinding) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.