From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Overhang \O'ver*hang"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Overhung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overhanging}.]
1. To impend or hang over. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.
2. To hang over; to jut or project over. --Pope.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Overhang \O'ver*hang"\, verb (used without an object) To jut over. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Overhang \O'ver*hang'\, noun (Arch.)
1. In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet.
2. Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc.
3. (Naut.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.
4. (Mach.) The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else
verb
2: be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town" [syn: {beetle}] [also: {overhung}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "overhang": approach, arch over, await, be imminent, be in store, beetle, beetling, bestraddle, bestride, brew, bridge, bulge, come on, confront, draw near, draw nigh, draw on, extend out, extend over, extension, face, forthcome, gather, hang out, hang over, hover, imbricate, impend, impend over, impendence, impendency, imperil, jut, jut out, jutting, lap, lap over, lean over, ledge, lie over, loom, lower, menace, near, overarch, overhanging, overlap, overlie, override, poke, pouch, pout, project, project over, projection, protrude, protrusion, shingle, span, stand out, stick out, threaten, thrust over
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