"overhung" meaning in English

See overhung in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /oʊvəɹˈhʌŋ/ [US, verb], /ˈoʊvəɹˌhʌŋ/ [US, adjective] Audio: en-us-overhung.ogg
Rhymes: -ʌŋ Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} overhung (not comparable)
  1. Covered over; ornamented with hangings. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-overhung-en-adj-vDS7B8p1
  2. Suspended from above or from the top. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-overhung-en-adj-Czk5au5m
  3. That hangs over; overhanging. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-overhung-en-adj-XZhEDFs6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 9 69 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 6 71 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 3 74 2

Verb

IPA: /oʊvəɹˈhʌŋ/ [US, verb], /ˈoʊvəɹˌhʌŋ/ [US, adjective] Audio: en-us-overhung.ogg
Rhymes: -ʌŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} overhung
  1. simple past and past participle of overhang Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: overhang
    Sense id: en-overhung-en-verb-A7Ng0uV9
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          "ref": "1830, Thomas Carlyle, “On History”, in Fraser's Magazine:",
          "text": "[T]he former, is but a vacant edifice; gilded, it may be, and overhung with old votive gifts, yet useless, nay pestilentially unclean[.]",
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        "Covered over; ornamented with hangings."
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          "text": "an overhung door"
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          "ref": "1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 174:",
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