1. The state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
   - cloudiness, cloud cover 
2. Gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
   - cloudiness 
3. A long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent ravelling
   - overcasting 
4. A cast that falls beyond the intended spot

1. Filled or abounding with clouds
   - cloud-covered, clouded, sunless

1. Make overcast or cloudy
   "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"
   - cloud 
2. Sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches 
3. Sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next
   "overcast books"

Derived forms: overcasted, overcasting, overcasts

See also: cloudy

Type of: bad weather, cast, casting, darken, inclemency, inclementness, run up, semidarkness, sew, sew together, stitch, whipping, whipstitch, whipstitching

Antonym: clear up

Encyclopedia: Overcast

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