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 hung or suspended from above.

   an overhung door.

Etymology

Origin of overhung

First recorded in 1700–10; over- + hung

Example Sentences

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

Biden’s first stop Sunday was the memorial outside Robb Elementary School, located in a quiet grid of streets overhung with pecan trees and roamed by quarrelsome chickens.

From Washington Post • May 29, 2022

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

From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2022

They cut off the right wing, which would have overhung a nearby road, but the landing gear and original engines were all preserved.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2010

It was so steep and overhung that it proved impossible to climb out of it again, either forwards or backwards, without leaving their ponies and their baggage behind.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien