overhang

[ verb oh-ver-hang; noun oh-ver-hang ]

verb (used with object)

, o·ver·hung, o·ver·hang·ing.

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)

, o·ver·hung, o·ver·hang·ing.

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

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of overhang¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; over- + hang

Example Sentences

Equipped with a jacked-up suspension, stouter tires, modified front and rear overhangs, and an enhanced all-wheel-drive system, it’s a factory-built overlanding vehicle, with full-warranty coverage.

From Outside Online

However, the remains of a child buried almost 80,000 years ago under an overhang at Panga ya Saidi cave in Kenya is providing important new details.

From Singularity Hub 

Found under an overhang in a cave in Kenya, the grave pit contained the bones of a 2- or 3-year-old child who lived some 78,000 years old.

From FiveThirtyEight

Pour the filling into the phyllo-lined pie plate and, using your fingers, crinkle the phyllo overhang partially over the top of the pie, leaving a 5- to 6-inch diameter in the center exposed.

From Washington Post

If there’s sufficient overhang, either can leave a perfectly unsoiled pan underneath, but if you don’t mind putting in some work and would rather not create more waste, cooking the bacon directly on the sheet pan is an option.

From Washington Post

Hamstrung by the lower standards of the boom years, it reported that it was still coping with the overhang of the bubble.

From The Daily Beast

Roll out the remaining dough to cover the top of the dish with some overhang.

From The Daily Beast

Bits of woodland arePg 129 interspersed with bright green sheep pastures and high, almost mountainous, bluffs overhang the valley.

From Project Gutenberg

Scattergood was present, sitting in a corner under the overhang of the balcony, watching, but discouraging conversation.

From Project Gutenberg

Among all the obscurities that overhang this subject, a few facts are, nevertheless, demonstrated.

From Project Gutenberg

This projection was known as the "overhang," and was designed as a protection against rams.

From Project Gutenberg

The slender willow-shoots trailed along the sides, caught in the rough ends of the iron overhang, and held the vessel immovable.

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