(v. t.) To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.
(v. t.) To compute or rate too high.
(v. t.) To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.
Example Sentences:
(1) Techniques involving a cemented porcelain-fused-to-metal overcasting have often been successful in restoring the fixed partial denture to form and function.
(2) Murky crime drama Shetland (Tuesday, 9pm, BBC1) returns this week for a second series, revealing Shetland as the most eerie – and overcast – location on Earth.
(3) Smoke continued to swirl into an overcast sky more than an hour after the reported explosion as witnesses in the area gave accounts of feeling a shock wave.
(4) Winter depression, a form of seasonal affective disorder, is a common condition that increases in prevalence in northern areas and in regions with a high proportion of overcast fall and winter days.
(5) I like photographing overcast days and people looking sad.
(6) Ten males participated in the event which took place on a cool, overcast day and consisted of a 1.0-km swim, a 30-km cycle ride, and a 10-km run.
(7) Dentists have frequently used overcastings to avoid removal of the restoration.
(8) The morning is overcast – calm, cool and quiet, almost Zen-like.
(9) It’s a bleak, overcast day when the Guardian visits Rose Hill.
(10) It’s an overcast morning when I start my 155km walk along the Berlin Wall Trail, the Mauerweg, and the granite skies make the scarred, concrete remnants of the Wall along Bernauer Strasse look even more sinister than usual.
(11) But the clan believes that if the sky is overcast, the scars will continue to weep.
(12) Parts of Ohio are high-risk areas given the high percentage of overcast days.
(13) An overcasting was fabricated and was permanently cemented on each preparation.
(14) There was less activity on partly overcast days than on clear days.
(15) Sir Bobby Charlton, his own life in football so overcast by Manchester United's tragedy at Munich, handed the Liverpool legend Ian Rush a bouquet of roses as a symbol of fraternity.
(16) Those hoping for a bank holiday weekend to banish the bad weather should prepare for disappointment: the Met Office has warned that, while the torrential rain of recent days should subside, many areas could still see overcast skies, occasional showers and night-time temperatures falling below freezing.
(17) It claims to offer 99 Oregon beers on tap and, though I can’t personally vouch for all, the Ancestry Golden was light, the Yachats was smooth, the Block 15 was malty and the Oakshire Overcast Espresso Stout was a creamy, energising shot of success.
(18) The technique involves intradermal overcasting with monofilament non-resorbable suture covered with a double adhesive film which reduces strain and provides a therapeutic pressure; after ablation of the first film, it is replaced with adhesive films continuously for 2 months.
(19) Magnets glued to the backs of experienced pigeons often resulted in disorientation when the birds were released from distances of 17-31 miles (27-50 km) under total overcast, whereas no such disorientation occurred during similar releases under clear skies.
(20) On Wednesday, however, for at least one afternoon, all was right at AT&T Park, and that's because Lincecum tossed his second career no-hitter, bringing a bright finish to an overcast day in the Bay Area.
Overshadow
Definition:
(v. t.) To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.
(v. t.) Fig.: To cover with a superior influence.
Example Sentences:
(1) In terms of net health benefits, the potential reduction in cardiovascular disease would have greatest impact, and would overshadow any small increase in breast cancer risk possibly associated with long-term use.
(2) These steps signify a willingness for engagement not seen before, but they have been overshadowed by the "nuclear crisis" triggered in October 2002 when Pyongyang admitted to having the "know-how", but not the technology, for a highly enriched uranium route to nuclear weapons.
(3) Childcare carves out a hefty third of household income for one in three families, overshadowing mortgage repayments as the biggest family expenditure .
(4) Evidently, the powerful adherence-inhibiting and desorptive effects of salivary components overshadowed any promoting effects attributable to glucan synthesis from sucrose.
(5) Once an individual's radiologic education has progressed beyond a fundamental level, individual reader characteristics overshadow experience in the accuracy of chest film interpretation.
(6) After 3-4 years, the prognostic influence of the AMI seemed to be overshadowed by the age effect.
(7) But the humanitarian catastrophes in Syria have been overshadowed by stories about Islamic State .
(8) If there’s more encouraging news this week, let’s hope it’s not overshadowed by the Marmite episode.
(9) Darling's pledge to cap VAT at 17.5% and lower bingo taxes were overshadowed by a surprise national insurance hike and a squeeze on public sector workers.
(10) While the Sala news was significant, it was overshadowed by the implosion of Raggi’s administration, in part because she holds the office with the highest profile in her party.
(11) But the talks risk being overshadowed by the looming Greek crisis.
(12) Some of these may be sufficiently symptomatic to draw attention to their presence, even, on occasion, overshadowing or preceding gastrointestinal disease symptoms.
(13) The legitimate focus on the plight of refugees on Nauru has overshadowed the impact of Australian policies on that island nation, a closely integrated society of just 10,000 people.
(14) A rising jobless total and an unemployment rate sticking at a stubbornly high 8% overshadowed a better than expected 27,100 fall in the claimant count in April, which compared with analysts' forecasts for a 20,000 drop.
(15) But all of that has been overshadowed by acts of violence away from the gridiron.
(16) In old age, individual factors determining the patient's operability overshadows all other aspects.
(17) British officials had resigned themselves to BP overshadowing some of Cameron's efforts to forge a strong personal relationship with Obama and start making a political mark in Washington as a much needed new substantial centrist figure from Europe.
(18) Experiment 1 confirmed earlier results in showing that the presence of intra-maze cues failed to overshadow learning about extra-maze cues, in spite of the former's apparently greater salience.
(19) A tip of the hat also to Eddie Howe and Slaven Bilic, whose good work at Bournemouth and West Ham respectively has been rather overshadowed.
(20) The issue may have roiled the political world this week, much as boasting of groping women overshadowed the previous debate, but what really distinguished the third and final television showdown of the reality TV election was the unusual amount of time both candidates devoted to attacking each other’s policies rather than each other.