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Overhang

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Noun

1. overhang

projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else

Verb

2. overhang

project over

3. beetle, overhang

be suspended over or hang over

Example Sentences:
'This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Overhang

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verb (ˌəʊvəˈhæŋ ) -hangs, -hanging or -hung
1. 
to project or extend beyond (a surface, building, etc)
2. (transitive)
to hang or be suspended over
3. (transitive)
to menace, threaten, or dominate
noun (ˈəʊvəˌhæŋ )
4. 
a formation, object, part of a structure, etc, that extends beyond or hangs over something, such as an outcrop of rock overhanging a mountain face
5. 
the amount or extent of projection
6. aeronautics
a. 
half the difference in span of the main supporting surfaces of a biplane or other multiplane
b. 
the distance from the outer supporting strut of a wing to the wing tip
7. finance
the shares, collectively, that the underwriters have to buy when a new issue has not been fully taken up by the market

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Overhang

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˌoverˈhung or ˌoverˈhanging
1. 
to hang or project over or beyond
2. 
to loom over; threaten
verb intransitive
3. 
to hang over; project or jut out over something
noun
4. 
a. 
the projection of one thing over or beyond another
b. 
the amount of such projection
c. 
an overhanging or projecting part, as the part of a ship's stern projecting beyond the sternpost
5.  Aeronautics
one half the difference in span of the two wings on a biplane or the distance from the last outer strut to the tip of the wing on a monoplane
6.  Architecture
a projection of one part of a structure over another
7. 
a.  Economics
a surplus, as of a commodity, relative to current demand
b. 
an excess of money in circulation, relative to the amount of goods and services available for purchase

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Overhang

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v. o·ver·hung (-hŭng), o·ver·hang·ing, o·ver·hangs
v.tr.
1. To project or extend over: trees that overhang the stream.
2. To loom over: The threat of nuclear war overhangs modern society.
v.intr.
To project over something: in the shadow where the balcony overhangs.
n. (ōvər-hăng′)
1. A projecting part, such as an architectural structure or a rock formation.
2. An amount of projection: an overhang of six inches.
3. Nautical The part of a bow or stern that projects over the water.
4. An excess of supply or capacity: An unusually warm winter created an overhang in oil stocks.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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