overhang

UK: verb: /ˌəʊvə^rˈhæŋ/, noun: /ˈəʊvə^rhæŋ/

US: /v. ˌoʊvɚˈhæŋ; n. ˈoʊvɚˌhæŋ/

US: (v. ō′vər hang′; n. ō′vər hang′)

Inflections of 'overhang' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

overhangs

v 3rd person singular

overhanging

v pres p

overhung

v past

overhung

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

o•ver•hang /v. ˌoʊvɚˈhæŋ; n. ˈoʊvɚˌhæŋ/   v., -hung, -hang•ing, n. 
v. 

1. to hang over (something);
   stick out over (something below): [no object]
   pools of water where trees overhang.
   [~ + object]
   The tree branches overhang the water.

n. [countable]

2. something that sticks out over something below, such as an upper part of a building, a roof, or a balcony.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

o•ver•hang  (v. ō′vər hang′;n. ō′vər hang′), v., -hung, -hang•ing, n. 
v.t. 

1. to hang or be suspended over:
   A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.
2. to extend, project, or jut over:
   A wide balcony overhangs the garden.
3. to impend over or threaten, as danger or evil;
   loom over:
   The threat of war overhung Europe.
4. to spread throughout;
   permeate;
   pervade:
   the melancholy that overhung the proceedings.
5. Informal Terms to hover over, as a threat or menace:
   Unemployment continues to overhang the economic recovery.

v.i. 

6. to hang over;
   project or jut out over something below:
   How far does the balcony overhang?

n. 

7. something that extends or juts out over;
   projection.
8. the extent of projection, as of the bow of a ship.
9. Informal Terms an excess or surplus:
   an overhang of office space in midtown.
10. a threat or menace:
    to face the overhang of foreign reprisals.
11. Architecture a projecting upper part of a building, as a roof or balcony.

• over- + hang 1590–1600

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

overhang verb / ˌəʊvəˈhæŋ/ ( -hangs, -hanging, -hung)

1. to project or extend beyond (a surface, building, etc)
2. (transitive) to hang or be suspended over
3. (transitive) to menace, threaten, or dominate

noun / ˈəʊvəˌhæŋ/

1. a formation, object, part of a structure, etc, that extends beyond or hangs over something, such as an outcrop of rock overhanging a mountain face
2. the amount or extent of projection