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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024o•ver•hang /v. ˌoʊvɚˈhæŋ; n. ˈoʊvɚˌhæŋ/USA pronunciation v., -hung, -hang•ing, n. v. - to hang over (something);
stick out over (something below): [no object]pools of water where trees overhang.[~ + object]The tree branches overhang the water.
n. [countable] - something that sticks out over something below, such as an upper part of a building, a roof, or a balcony.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024o•ver•hang (v. ō′vər hang′;n. ō′vər hang′),USA pronunciation v., -hung, -hang•ing, n. v.t. - 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 Termsto hover over, as a threat or menace:Unemployment continues to overhang the economic recovery.
v.i. - to hang over;
project or jut out over something below:How far does the balcony overhang?
n. - something that extends or juts out over;
projection. - the extent of projection, as of the bow of a ship.
- Informal Termsan excess or surplus:an overhang of office space in midtown.
- a threat or menace:to face the overhang of foreign reprisals.
- Architecturea projecting upper part of a building, as a roof or balcony.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: overhang vb /ˌəʊvəˈhæŋ/ ( -hangs, -hanging, -hung)- to project or extend beyond (a surface, building, etc)
- (transitive) to hang or be suspended over
- (transitive) to menace, threaten, or dominate
n /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
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