1. The state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
   "The thick overcast obscured the stars";
   - cloudiness, cloud cover
    
2. Gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
   "The gloomy overcast lasted all week";
   - cloudiness
    
3. A long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent ravelling
   "She finished the seam with overcast to ensure it wouldn't fray";
   - overcasting
    
4. A cast that falls beyond the intended spot
   "His overcast landed in the weeds, spooking the fish"

1. Filled or abounding with clouds
   "The overcast sky threatened rain";
   - cloud-covered, clouded, sunless

1. Make cloudy
   "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches";
   - cloud
    
2. Sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
   "The tailor overcast the raw edges of the fabric to prevent fraying"
    
3. Sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next
   "overcast books"

Derived forms: overcasts, overcasting, overcast

See also: cloudy, overcloud

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

Encyclopedia: Overcast