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overhang

noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /əʊvəˈhaŋ/
  • /ˈəʊvəhaŋ/
  • US: /ˈoʊvəɹˌhæŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: OW1 V ER0 HH AE2 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: economics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A fatty roll of pubis flab that hangs over one's genitals; a FUPA.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Anything that overhangs or protrudes over its base, such as a wave immediately before breaking, or a protruding cliff or rock wall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To hang over (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To impend.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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7

noun

Meaning 7

projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: projection

Narrower terms: eaves, fantail

8

verb

Meaning 8

be suspended over or hang over

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beetle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hang

9

verb

Meaning 9

project over

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project

History

Etymology

From Old English oferhangan, corresponding to over- + hang.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: alero — in architecture
  • French: surplomb — in architecture
  • Hindi: छज्जा (chajjā) — in architecture
  • Turkish: sayvan — in architecture
  • Ottoman Turkish: صایوان (sayvan) — in architecture
  • Ottoman Turkish: تنته (tente, tenta) — in architecture
  • Bulgarian: стряха (strjaha) — anything that overhangs
  • Czech: převis — anything that overhangs
  • French: surplomb — anything that overhangs
  • Māori: wharenga — anything that overhangs
  • Māori: tauwharenga — anything that overhangs
  • Māori: tauwharewharenga — anything that overhangs
  • Māori: wharewharenga — anything that overhangs
  • Māori: tīarearetanga — anything that overhangs
  • Plautdietsch: Schautendak — anything that overhangs
  • Slovak: previs — anything that overhangs
  • Slovak: prebytok — anything that overhangs
  • Slovak: nadbytok — anything that overhangs
  • Spanish: protuberancia — anything that overhangs
  • Swedish: överhäng — anything that overhangs
  • Bulgarian: издавам се (izdavam se) — hang over, as an ornament
  • Bulgarian: надвисвам (nadvisvam) — hang over, as an ornament
  • Chinese Mandarin: 悬垂 (xuánchuí) — hang over, as an ornament
  • Dutch: overhangen — hang over, as an ornament
  • French: surplomber — hang over, as an ornament
  • Hindi: छज्जा (chajjā) — hang over, as an ornament
  • Indonesian: emper — hang over, as an ornament
  • Indonesian: emperan — hang over, as an ornament
  • Italian: aggettare — hang over, as an ornament
  • Italian: sporgere — hang over, as an ornament
  • Italian: sportare — hang over, as an ornament
  • Māori: tauwhare — hang over, as an ornament
  • Māori: tauwharewhare — hang over, as an ornament
  • Māori: wharewhare — hang over, as an ornament
  • Russian: нависа́ть (navisátʹ) — hang over, as an ornament
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