"overhang" meaning in English

See overhang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /əʊvəˈhaŋ/ [UK], /ˈəʊvəhaŋ/ [verb], /ˈoʊvəɹˌhæŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-overhang.ogg Forms: overhangs [plural]
Etymology: From Old English oferhangan, corresponding to over- + hang. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|oferhangan}} Old English oferhangan, {{prefix|en|over|hang}} over- + hang Head templates: {{en-noun}} overhang (plural overhangs)
  1. (economics) The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply. Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-overhang-en-noun-cw01t4~q Topics: economics, sciences
  2. (architecture) That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building. Categories (topical): Architecture Translations (in architecture): alero (Esperanto)
    Sense id: en-overhang-en-noun-Eqan68DZ Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'in architecture': 19 81 0 0
  3. A fatty roll of pubis flab that hangs over one's genitals; a FUPA.
    Sense id: en-overhang-en-noun-7NSeNyLC Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 10 29 10 34 10
  4. Anything that overhangs or protrudes over its base, such as a wave immediately before breaking, or a protruding cliff or rock wall. Translations (anything that overhangs): стряха (strjaha) (Bulgarian), surplomb (english: protruding rock wall) [masculine] (French), wharenga (Maori), tauwharenga (Maori), tauwharewharenga (Maori), wharewharenga (Maori), tīarearetanga (Maori), Schautendak [neuter] (Plautdietsch), previs [masculine] (Slovak), prebytok [masculine] [economics, sciences] (Slovak), nadbytok [masculine] (Slovak), protuberancia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-overhang-en-noun-llyXK8E6 Disambiguation of 'anything that overhangs': 5 4 14 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: overhang seat

Verb

IPA: /əʊvəˈhaŋ/ [UK], /ˈəʊvəhaŋ/ [verb], /ˈoʊvəɹˌhæŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-overhang.ogg Forms: overhangs [present, singular, third-person], overhanging [participle, present], overhung [participle, past], overhung [past], overhanged [participle, past], overhanged [past]
Etymology: From Old English oferhangan, corresponding to over- + hang. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|oferhangan}} Old English oferhangan, {{prefix|en|over|hang}} over- + hang Head templates: {{en-verb|overhangs|overhanging|overhung|past2=overhanged}} overhang (third-person singular simple present overhangs, present participle overhanging, simple past and past participle overhung or overhanged)
  1. (transitive) To hang over (something). Tags: transitive Translations (hang over, as an ornament): издавам се (izdavam se) (Bulgarian), надвисвам (nadvisvam) (Bulgarian), 悬垂 (xuánchuí) (Chinese Mandarin), overhangen (Dutch), surplomber (French), emper (Indonesian), emperan (Indonesian), aggettare (Italian), sporgere (Italian), sportare (Italian), tauwhare (Maori), tauwharewhare (Maori), wharewhare (Maori), нависа́ть (navisátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-overhang-en-verb-kKZz1OkJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 9 23 9 48 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 11 10 20 12 34 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 10 24 9 49 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 10 29 10 34 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 8 11 23 9 38 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 10 24 8 39 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 11 22 9 38 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 9 10 26 10 35 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 10 27 8 38 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 10 26 10 35 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 8 10 26 10 36 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 6 8 20 7 49 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 10 24 9 39 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 9 10 26 10 35 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 11 23 8 42 9 Disambiguation of 'hang over, as an ornament': 91 9
  2. (intransitive) To impend. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-overhang-en-verb-nLHwcFv2

Inflected forms

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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Edwin Labre, Solly Border, Freedom...At Last!, page 37",
          "text": "At that time, the upper part of the tower overhanged its base by about fourteen feet.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hang over (something)."
      ],
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        [
          "hang",
          "hang"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To hang over (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To impend."
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        [
          "impend",
          "impend"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To impend."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/əʊvəˈhaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈəʊvəhaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoʊvəɹˌhæŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-overhang.ogg",
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izdavam se",
      "sense": "hang over, as an ornament",
      "word": "издавам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nadvisvam",
      "sense": "hang over, as an ornament",
      "word": "надвисвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuánchuí",
      "sense": "hang over, as an ornament",
      "word": "悬垂"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hang over, as an ornament",
      "word": "overhangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hang over, as an ornament",
      "word": "surplomber"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "hang over, as an ornament",
      "word": "emper"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "hang over, as an ornament",
      "word": "emperan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hang over, as an ornament",
      "word": "aggettare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hang over, as an ornament",
      "word": "sporgere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hang over, as an ornament",
      "word": "sportare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hang over, as an ornament",
      "word": "tauwhare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hang over, as an ornament",
      "word": "tauwharewhare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hang over, as an ornament",
      "word": "wharewhare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navisátʹ",
      "sense": "hang over, as an ornament",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "нависа́ть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overhang"
}

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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "overhang seat"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
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        "en:Economics"
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        "The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply."
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        [
          "economics",
          "economics"
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        "(economics) The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "economics",
        "sciences"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Architecture"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building."
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        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ],
        [
          "roof",
          "roof"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(architecture) That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A fatty roll of pubis flab that hangs over one's genitals; a FUPA."
      ],
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        [
          "pubis",
          "pubis"
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        [
          "FUPA",
          "FUPA"
        ]
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        {
          "ref": "1983, Australian Transport, page 16",
          "text": "These are firstly for products which need a cool room; secondly for products which can be stored on a standard pallet without overhang; and thirdly for products known as \"the uglies\" which always overhang a standard pallet.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Anything that overhangs or protrudes over its base, such as a wave immediately before breaking, or a protruding cliff or rock wall."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/əʊvəˈhaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈəʊvəhaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈoʊvəɹˌhæŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in architecture",
      "word": "alero"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "strjaha",
      "sense": "anything that overhangs",
      "word": "стряха"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "protruding rock wall",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anything that overhangs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "surplomb"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "anything that overhangs",
      "word": "wharenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "anything that overhangs",
      "word": "tauwharenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "anything that overhangs",
      "word": "tauwharewharenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "anything that overhangs",
      "word": "wharewharenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "anything that overhangs",
      "word": "tīarearetanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "anything that overhangs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schautendak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "anything that overhangs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "previs"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "anything that overhangs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "economics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "prebytok"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "anything that overhangs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nadbytok"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anything that overhangs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "protuberancia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overhang"
}

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