1. A long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent ravelling
   - overcast

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: overcastings

Type of: darken, run up, sew, sew together, stitch, whipping, whipstitch, whipstitching

Antonym: clear up

Encyclopedia: Overcast

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• weatherworn
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• weaver's hitch
• weaver's knot
• weaverbird
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• Web Map Server
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• web spinner
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• web-toed
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