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overhung
[
v.
oh-ver-
huhng
;
adj.
oh
-ver-huhng
]
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o·ver·hung
/
v.
ˌoʊ
vərˈhʌŋ
;
adj.
ˈoʊ
vərˌhʌŋ
/
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[
v.
oh-ver-
huhng
;
adj.
oh
-ver-huhng
]
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verb
1.
simple past tense and past participle of
overhang.
adjective
2.
hung
or suspended from above:
an overhung door.
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Origin:
1700–10;
over-
+
hung
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o·ver·hang
/
v.
ˌoʊ
vərˈhæŋ
;
n.
ˈoʊ
vərˌhæŋ
/
Show Spelled
[
v.
oh-ver-
hang
;
n.
oh
-ver-hang
]
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verb,
o·ver·hung,
o·ver·hang·ing,
noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to
hang
or be suspended over:
A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.
2.
to extend, project, or jut over:
A wide balcony overhangs the garden.
3.
to impend over or threaten, as danger or evil; loom over:
The threat of war overhung Europe.
4.
to spread throughout; permeate; pervade:
the
melancholy
that overhung the proceedings.
5.
Informal
.
to hover over, as a threat or menace:
Unemployment continues to overhang the economic recovery.
verb (used without object)
6.
to
hang
over; project or jut out over something below:
How far does the balcony overhang?
noun
7.
something that extends or juts out over; projection.
8.
the extent of projection, as of the bow of a ship.
9.
Informal
.
an excess or
surplus
:
an overhang of office space in midtown.
10.
a threat or menace:
to face the overhang of foreign reprisals.
11.
Architecture
.
a projecting upper part of a building, as a roof or balcony.
Origin:
1590–1600;
over-
+
hang
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