Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To project or extend over.
- intransitive verb To loom over.
- intransitive verb To project over something.
- noun A projecting part, such as an architectural structure or a rock formation.
- noun An amount of projection.
- noun Nautical The part of a bow or stern that projects over the water.
- noun An excess of supply or capacity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To impend or hang over; jut or project over; hence, to threaten.
- To overdo with ornamentation.
- To support from above.
- To jut over: opposed to batter.
- noun A projecting part; also, the extent to which some part projects: as, the overhang of the ship's stern is 20 feet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To jut over.
- transitive verb rare To impend or hang over.
- transitive verb To hang over; to jut or project over.
- noun (Arch.) In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection.
- noun The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part
- noun (Naut.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.
- noun (Mach.) The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
hang over (something). - noun The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply.
- noun That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
- noun A fatty roll of
pubis flab that hangs over one's genitals, aFUPA
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb be suspended over or hang over
- verb project over
- noun projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Uniform Building Code allows buildings to overhang adjacent public streets if the underside of the overhang is at least a certain height above the street.
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And I think that that is definitely a good thing because we certainly have more speakers of Spanish in this country than we have speakers of French, and that business with the French was kind of an overhang from the old days, kind of like our post-G. I.
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Instead, said UPS employee decided to toss the item onto my patio, where there is a slight overhang from the patio above, but this does little to nothing at keeping rain from falling to the patio below.
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You can see how the weight of the overhang is supported by the odd angles underneath it.
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That extreme overhang is a rare opportunity for a “glass-bottom house.”
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Instead, said UPS employee decided to toss the item onto my patio, where there is a slight overhang from the patio above, but this does little to nothing at keeping rain from falling to the patio below.
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The Bernstein analysts wrote, "while we feel this issue will likely not prove to be a material long-term overhang for the group, we feel it does expose the sector to headline risk in the near-term until it is resolved."
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Place the batter into an 8×8-inch (20×20 cm) square pan lined with aluminum foil (cut the foil large enough to overhang from the sides of the pan) smoothing it with the back of a spoon and bake in a preheated oven (325°F-165°C) for about 25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out slightly moist.
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Place the batter into an 8×8-inch (20×20 cm) square pan lined with aluminum foil (cut the foil large enough to overhang from the sides of the pan) smoothing it with the back of a spoon and bake in a preheated oven (325°F-165°C) for about 25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out slightly moist.
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RBC Capital Markets said unless Forest can reach a "reasonable" settlement with Teva, the patent litigation will remain a near-term overhang on the stock.
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