overhung

[v. oh-ver-huhng; adj. oh-ver-huhng]

o·ver·hung

[v. oh-ver-huhng; adj. oh-ver-huhng]
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. oh-ver-hang; n. oh-ver-hang] 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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