Sew vs. Overcast — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Sew and Overcast
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Sew
Join, fasten, or repair (something) by making stitches with a needle and thread or a sewing machine
She sewed the seams and hemmed the border
I don't even sew very well
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Overcast
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).
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Sew
To make, repair, or fasten by stitching, as with a needle and thread or a sewing machine
Sew a dress.
Sew on a button.
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Overcast
Covered or obscured, as with clouds or mist.
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Sew
To furnish with stitches for the purpose of closing, fastening, or attaching
Sew an incision closed.
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Overcast
Clouded over.
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Sew
To work with a needle and thread or with a sewing machine.
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Overcast
Gloomy; melancholy.
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Sew
(transitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
Balls were first made of grass or leaves held together by strings, and later of pieces of animal skin sewn together and stuffed with feathers or hay.
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Overcast
Sewn with long, overlying stitches in order to prevent raveling, as the raw edges of fabric.
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Sew
(intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
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Overcast
A covering, as of mist or clouds.
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Sew
(transitive) Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.
To sew money into a bag
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Overcast
An arch or support for a passage over another passage in a mine.
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Sew
To drain the water from.
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Overcast
A cast made in fishing that falls beyond the point intended.
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Sew
(nautical) Of a ship, to be grounded.
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Overcast
An overcast stitch or seam.
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Sew
(obsolete) Broth, gravy.
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Overcast
To make cloudy or gloomy.
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Sew
Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.
I will not tell of their strange sewes.
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Overcast
To cast beyond (the intended point) with a fishing rod.
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Sew
To follow; to pursue; to sue.
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Overcast
To sew with long, overlying stitches.
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Sew
To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.
No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment.
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Overcast
To become cloudy or gloomy.
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Sew
To close or stop by ssewing; - often with up; as, to sew up a rip.
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Overcast
A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
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Sew
To inclose by sewing; - sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.
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Overcast
(obsolete) An outcast.
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Sew
To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
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Overcast
Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
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Sew
To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.
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Overcast
(figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
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Sew
Fasten by sewing; do needlework
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Overcast
To overthrow.
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Sew
Create (clothes) with cloth;
Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?
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Overcast
(transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
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Overcast
(transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.
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Overcast
To be or become cloudy.
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Overcast
To transform.
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Overcast
To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
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Overcast
To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.
Those clouds that overcast your morn shall fly.
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Overcast
To compute or rate too high.
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Overcast
To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.
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Overcast
To fasten, as single sheets, by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
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Overcast
Completely or almost completely covered over with clouds; - of the sky.
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Overcast
Sewn by overcasting.
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Overcast
The state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
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Overcast
Gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
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Overcast
A long whip stitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
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Overcast
A cast that falls beyond the intended spot
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Overcast
Make overcast or cloudy;
Fall weather often overcasts our beaches
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Overcast
Sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
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Overcast
Sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next;
Overcast books
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Overcast
Filled or abounding with clouds
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