overcast

adjective

• 1(of the sky or weather) marked by a covering of grey cloud; dull:a chilly, overcast day

• 2(of the edge of a piece of fabric) sewn with long slanting stitches to prevent fraying.

noun

• cloud covering a large part of the sky: the planes found the target obscured by overcast

verb

• 1cover with clouds or shade:the pebbled beach, overcast with the shadows of the high cliffs

• 2stitch over (a raw edge) to prevent fraying: finish off the raw edge of the hem by overcasting it