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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. Make 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"

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

Derived forms: overcast, overcasts, overcasting

See also: cloudy

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

Antonym: clear

Encyclopedia: Overcast