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[ verb oh-ver-hang; noun oh-ver-hang ] / verb ˌoʊ vərˈhæŋ; noun ˈoʊ vərˌhæŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR overhang ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), o·ver·hung, o·ver·hang·ing.to hang or be suspended over: A great chandelier overhung the ballroom. to extend, project, or jut over: A wide balcony overhangs the garden. to impend over or threaten, as danger or evil; loom over: The threat of war overhung Europe. to spread throughout; permeate; pervade: the melancholy that overhung the proceedings. Informal. to hover over, as a threat or menace: Unemployment continues to overhang the economic recovery. verb (used without object), o·ver·hung, o·ver·hang·ing.to hang over; project or jut out over something below: How far does the balcony overhang? nounsomething that extends or juts out over; projection. the extent of projection, as of the bow of a ship. Informal. an excess or surplus: an overhang of office space in midtown. a threat or menace: to face the overhang of foreign reprisals. Architecture. a projecting upper part of a building, as a roof or balcony. Origin of overhangFirst recorded in 1590–1600; over- + hang Words nearby overhangoverground, overgrow, overgrowth, overhand, overhand knot, overhang, overhasty, overhaul, overhead, overhead camshaft, overhead door Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for overhangHamstrung by the lower standards of the boom years, it reported that it was still coping with the overhang of the bubble. Freddie Mac’s Profits Obscure Housing-Boom Damage|Daniel Gross|March 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST Roll out the remaining dough to cover the top of the dish with some overhang. Fresh Picks|Scott Conant|April 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST It will be seen from the plan that the overhang aft runs out into a point, and that there is thus no transom. The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2|Roald Amundsen Masses of red valerian, and some of the graceful bright rose-bay willow-herb, give colour to the banks and overhang the walls. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts|Rosalind Northcote
They felt safer in their boat, adrift in a tree-bordered lagoon, even if dark, mysterious foliage did overhang them. Captain Ted|Louis Pendleton Here and there the rock juts out among the villas that overhang the river, while verdure shows on the high banks. Old Continental Towns|Walter M. Gallichan One bank of it is covered with dark trees that overhang and make green pictures of themselves in the water when the wind is still. Pond and Stream|Arthur Ransome
British Dictionary definitions for overhang
verb (ˌəʊvəˈhæŋ) -hangs, -hanging or -hungto project or extend beyond (a surface, building, etc) (tr) to hang or be suspended over (tr) to menace, threaten, or dominate noun (ˈəʊvəˌhæŋ)a formation, object, part of a structure, etc, that extends beyond or hangs over something, such as an outcrop of rock overhanging a mountain face the amount or extent of projection aeronautics - half the difference in span of the main supporting surfaces of a biplane or other multiplane
- the distance from the outer supporting strut of a wing to the wing tip
finance the shares, collectively, that the underwriters have to buy when a new issue has not been fully taken up by the market Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to overhangloom, extend, impend, portend, project, poke, command, jut, endanger, protrude, menace, pouch, threaten, overtop, beetle, stand out, stick out, rise above |