overhang

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To project or extend beyond.
2. v. To loom over: The threat of nuclear war overhangs modern society.
3. v. To ornament with hangings.
4. v. To project over something that lies beneath. See Synonyms at bulge.
5. n. A projecting part, such as an architectural structure or a rock formation.
6. n. An amount of projection: an overhang of six inches.
7. n. Nautical The part of a bow or stern that projects over the water.
8. n. A supply of a commodity in excess of what can easily be disposed of: An unusually warm winter created an overhang in oil stocks.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To impend or hang over; jut or project over; hence, to threaten.
2. To overdo with ornamentation.
3. To support from above.
4. To jut over: opposed to batter.
5. n. A projecting part; also, the extent to which some part projects: as, the overhang of the ship's stern is 20 feet.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To hang over (something).
2. n. The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply.
3. n. That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
4. n. A fatty roll of pubis flab that hangs over one's genitals, a FUPA

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. rare To impend or hang over.
2. v. To hang over; to jut or project over.
3. v. To jut over.
4. n. (Arch.) In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection.
5. n. The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part
6. n. (Naut.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.
7. n. (Mach.) The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported

WordNet 3.0

1. v. be suspended over or hang over
2. v. project over
3. n. projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else