overhang

American  

[oh-ver-hang, oh-ver-hang] / ˌoʊ vərˈhæŋ, ˈoʊ vərˌhæŋ /

verb (used with object)

overhung, overhanging

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.

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verb (used without object)

overhung, overhanging

1. to hang over; project or jut out over something below.

   How far does the balcony overhang?

noun

1. something that extends or juts out over; projection.

2. the extent of projection, as of the bow of a ship.

3. Informal. an excess or surplus.

   an overhang of office space in midtown.

4. a threat or menace.

   to face the overhang of foreign reprisals.

5. Architecture. a projecting upper part of a building, as a roof or balcony.

overhang British  

verb

1. to project or extend beyond (a surface, building, etc)

2. (tr) to hang or be suspended over

3. (tr) to menace, threaten, or dominate

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noun

1. 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

2. the amount or extent of projection

3. aeronautics

   1. half the difference in span of the main supporting surfaces of a biplane or other multiplane

   2. the distance from the outer supporting strut of a wing to the wing tip

4. finance the shares, collectively, that the underwriters have to buy when a new issue has not been fully taken up by the market

Etymology

Origin of overhang

First recorded in 1590–1600; over- + hang

Example Sentences

“Investor concerns about the sustainability of capex growth could be an overhang, and we note that spending is now increasingly being funded by external debt or equity financing,” UBS said.

From Barron's

“Investor concerns about the sustainability of capex growth could be an overhang, and we note that spending is now increasingly being funded by external debt or equity financing,” UBS said.

From Barron's

As the company’s only planned debt issuance for the year, the offering cleared a significant overhang over the stock.

From MarketWatch

Tech companies that hired heavily in the wake of the pandemic are still dealing with an overhang of workers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Analysts say the U.S.-India trade deal removes a key overhang for markets and the Indian economy.

From The Wall Street Journal