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.
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UK:/əʊvəˈhaŋ/
/ˈəʊvəhaŋ/
US:/ˈoʊvəɹˌhæŋ/
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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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To hang over (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To impend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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