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adjective
- 1. (of the sky or weather) marked by a covering of grey cloud; dull: "a chilly, overcast day"
- 2. (of the edge of a piece of fabric) sewn with long slanting stitches to prevent fraying.
noun
- 1. cloud covering a large part of the sky: "the planes found the target obscured by overcast"
verb
- 1. cover with clouds or shade: "the pebbled beach, overcast with the shadows of the high cliffs"
- 2. stitch over (a raw edge) to prevent fraying: "finish off the raw edge of the hem by overcasting it"
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Jul 3, 2024 · Overcast : It's pretty overcast today. It's probably going to rain. Gloomy : I don't like gloomy days because they put me in a bad mood. Bright : It's so bright outside! I can hardly see. Freezing : It's freezing outside! It's only 15 degrees. Breezy : I like going for runs on breezy days because I don't sweat as much.
Jun 26, 2024 · Definition of ceiling. Ceiling at your intended destination may be defined as the lowest broken or overcast cloud layer. If the sky is totally obscured, height of vertical visibility is used as the ceiling.
Jun 28, 2024 · Thunderstorm, a violent short-lived weather disturbance that is almost always associated with lightning, thunder, dense clouds, heavy rain or hail, and strong gusty winds. Learn more about thunderstorms, including their structure and the different types.
Jul 13, 2024 · June Gloom is a mainly Southern California term for a weather pattern that results in cloudy, overcast skies with cool temperatures during the late spring and early summer.
Jun 25, 2024 · Broken clouds are defined as conditions in which clouds cover five-tenths to nine-tenths of the sky. The sky is mostly cloudy, but occasional sunlight breaks through. Overcast skies are defined as a sky fully covered by clouds.
Jun 25, 2024 · Did you know most modern sewing machines have an overlocking function built in? This may be called an overedge, overlock, or overcast stitch in your machine manual. Your machine will have a special foot for this function which guides the fabric and wraps the thread around the edge.
Jun 28, 2024 · Here at the Old Farmer’s Almanac, we consider the Dog Days to be the 40 days beginning July 3 and ending August 11. These days occur soon after the summer solstice in late June, which also tends to be the beginning of the worst of summer’s heat.
Jul 13, 2024 · A serger (also called an overlocker or overlock machine) is a machine designed primarily for sewing the edges of fabrics to prevent them from fraying. It gives a professional, store-bought look to your sewing projects. The serger machine will cut and sew at the same time. It has 3 to 4 thread cones instead of the 1 like a regular machine.
Jul 3, 2024 · When the sky is overcast, low-level air temperatures vary much less between day and night, and turbulence remains nearly constant. At altitudes of several thousand metres or more, frictional effects of surface topography on the wind are greatly reduced, and the small-scale turbulence characteristic of the lower atmosphere is absent.
Jul 3, 2024 · After being captured on May 2, 1945, the entire team was transported to the United States as part of Project Overcast and given facilities to continue their research, which was considered vital to the U.S. “national interest” because it had the potential to accelerate the defeat of Japan.
