overcast

Meanings

• the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
• gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
• a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
• a cast that falls beyond the intended spot
• make overcast or cloudy
  • "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"
• sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
• sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next
  • "overcast books"
• filled or abounding with clouds

Synonyms

cloud, cloud cover, cloud-covered, clouded, cloudiness, overcasting, sunless