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overcasting

overcasting is the present participle and gerund of overcast.

Meaning of overcast

Verb

overcast (third-person singular simple present overcasts, present participle overcasting, simple past and past participle overcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) overcasted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) 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. (obsolete, transitive) To transform.
  6. (transitive) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.

See all 11 meanings of overcast

Noun

overcasting (plural overcastings)

  1. A spell of overcast weather.
    • […] as the brightest day has its overcastings, so the best men in this life have their imperfections […]1845, The Shakespeare Society Papers, volume 2, page 101

Forms of overcasting

pluralovercastings

Questions about overcasting

What does overcasting mean?
Overcasting means a spell of overcast weather.
What is overcasting the present participle and gerund of?
Overcasting is the present participle and gerund of overcast.
What part of speech is overcasting?
Overcasting is a noun.
What is the plural of overcasting?
The plural of overcasting is overcastings.

Words near overcasting in the dictionary

  1. overcarving
  2. overcast
  3. overcasted
  4. overcaster
  5. overcasters
  6. overcasting
  7. overcastings
  8. overcastness
  9. overcasts
  10. overcasual
  11. overcasually

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