overhang Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else
  2. verb project over
  3. verb be suspended over or hang over
    beetle.
    • This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town

WordNet

O`ver*hang" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Overhung ; present participle & verbal noun Overhanging
Definitions
  1. To impend or hang over. R. Beau. & Fl.
  2. To hang over; to jut or project over. Pope.
O`ver*hang" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To jut over. Milton.
O`ver*hang` noun
Definitions
(Arch.)
  1. In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet.
  2. Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc.
  3. (Naut.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.
  4. (Mach.) The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing.

Webster 1913