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

Betsy Aurnou, climbing with wraparound shades and fabric completely covering her face, carried Fritos and Vitalyte, and referred to the occasional slivers of shadow beneath overhung cliffs as “shade opportunities.”

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2023

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

In the greengrocery market, the stalls were overhung with date branches, cinnamon stalks, strings of dried orange peels, gunny-bags of pistachios, fresh pears, pomegranates, and boxes of honeycombs.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri