Sew vs. Overcast — What's the Difference?

Join, fasten, or repair (something) by making stitches with a needle and thread or a sewing machine

Overcast or overcast weather, as defined by the World Meteorological Organization, is the meteorological condition of clouds obscuring at least 95% of the sky. However, the total cloud cover must not be entirely due to obscuring phenomena near the surface, such as fog.Overcast, written as "OVC" in the METAR observation, is reported when the cloud cover is observed to equal eight oktas (eighths).

To make, repair, or fasten by stitching, as with a needle and thread or a sewing machine

Covered or obscured, as with clouds or mist.

To furnish with stitches for the purpose of closing, fastening, or attaching

Clouded over.

To work with a needle and thread or with a sewing machine.

Gloomy; melancholy.

(transitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.

Sewn with long, overlying stitches in order to prevent raveling, as the raw edges of fabric.

(intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.

A covering, as of mist or clouds.

(transitive) Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.

An arch or support for a passage over another passage in a mine.

To drain the water from.

A cast made in fishing that falls beyond the point intended.

(nautical) Of a ship, to be grounded.

An overcast stitch or seam.

(obsolete) Broth, gravy.

To make cloudy or gloomy.

Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.

To cast beyond (the intended point) with a fishing rod.

To follow; to pursue; to sue.

To sew with long, overlying stitches.

To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.

To become cloudy or gloomy.

To close or stop by ssewing; - often with up; as, to sew up a rip.

A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.

To inclose by sewing; - sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.

(obsolete) An outcast.

To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.

To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.

(figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.

Fasten by sewing; do needlework

To overthrow.

Create (clothes) with cloth;

(transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.

(transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.

To be or become cloudy.

To transform.

To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.

To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.

To compute or rate too high.

To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.

To fasten, as single sheets, by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.

Completely or almost completely covered over with clouds; - of the sky.

Sewn by overcasting.

The state of the sky when it is covered by clouds

Gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover

A long whip stitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling

A cast that falls beyond the intended spot

Make overcast or cloudy;

Sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches

Sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next;

Filled or abounding with clouds