OVERHANG


Meaning of OVERHANG in English

I. verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

An ancient vine overhangs the terrace.

The bird was sitting on a branch overhanging the water.

There's a long sweep of farmland that overhangs the Rappahannock River.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He set the traps carefully under mossy logs, under grass overhanging like curtains along steep banks, and in brush piles.

Here, another overhanging ledge of dolostone protected visitors, allowing them to walk directly behind the falling water.

Perhaps it would be overhung by trees or shaded by nearby buildings.

Then there is the still unworkable sum which overhangs all this budgeting: how much health care reform will cost.

They select one that overhangs water.

II. noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The amphitheater's overhang protects most of the seats from bad weather.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

By any chance can we get a another overhang ?

It gusted into every overhang of concrete, whistled down the brick funnels on the tall building where she lived.

Sapan sailed in beneath the overhang of limestone.

She found Wynne-Jones resting in the overhang of a rocky outcrop, exhausted, wretched, starving.

The overhang has continued because companies held back shutdowns for fear of helping competitors.

The overhang was cleared, enabling the shares to bounce back to 356p, down 2 on balance.

They have 2-foot interior overhangs to discourage climbing over, and 4-foot aprons at the bottom to prevent digging under the enclosure.

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