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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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