OVERHANG


Meaning of OVERHANG in English

I. o ‧ ver ‧ hang 1 /ˌəʊvəˈhæŋ $ ˌoʊvər-/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle overhung /-ˈhʌŋ/) [intransitive and transitive]

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ hanger , ↑ hanging , ↑ overhang ; verb : ↑ hang , ↑ overhang ; adjective : hanging]

to hang over something or stick out above it

II. o ‧ ver ‧ hang 2 /ˈəʊvəhæŋ $ ˈoʊvər-/ BrE AmE noun [countable, usually singular]

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ hanger , ↑ hanging , ↑ overhang ; verb : ↑ hang , ↑ overhang ; adjective : hanging]

1 . a rock, roof etc that hangs over something else:

We stood under the overhang while it rained.

2 . the amount by which something hangs over something else:

a five-foot overhang

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.