adj · noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:ōʹvə-käst'
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/
UK:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:ōʹvər-kăst'
General-American:/ˈoʊvɚ.kæst/
Received-Pronunciation:ō'və-kästʹ
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌəʊvəˈkɑːst/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:ō'vər-kăstʹ
General-American:/ˌoʊvɚˈkæst/
rhymes with -ɑːst
CMU ARPABET:OW1 V ER0 K AE2 S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
adj
Meaning 2
In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
noun
Meaning 4
An outcast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 5
A place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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verb
Meaning 6
To overthrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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7
verb
Meaning 7
To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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8
verb
Meaning 8
To make gloomy; to depress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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9
verb
Meaning 9
To be or become cloudy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 10
To transform.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 11
To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract