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• past tense form of overhang.
• past participle of overhang.

overhung

American  

[oh-ver-huhng, oh-ver-huhng] / ˌoʊ vərˈhʌŋ, ˈoʊ vərˌhʌŋ /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of overhang.

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adjective

1. hung or suspended from above.

   an overhung door.

Etymology

Origin of overhung

First recorded in 1700–10; over- + hung

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Example Sentences

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overhung

Note how the wheels of the S5 do not extend to the vertical edge of the wheel wells but are rather overhung slightly by the wheel arches, making them look smaller—and weaker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

It’s round so it can turn in place without running into another object, and flat so it can clean floors overhung by kitchen cabinets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025

We walked to a fork in the path, a crossroads overhung with massive slabs of rock that seemed poised to crush us.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022

Some houses were so close to the narrowed stream that their decks overhung the water.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2022

Heather and trees and bracken scrambled down and overhung the banks, or sprawled out over the surface.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

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