noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A spell of overcast weather.

   "[…] as the brightest day has its overcastings, so the best men in this life have their imperfections […]"

2. 2
   a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of overcast form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

overcastovercast

Example

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"[…] as the brightest day has its overcastings, so the best men in this life have their imperfections […]"

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