overhang

present singular third person overhangs · participle present overhanging · participle past overhung · past overhung · participle past overhanged · past overhanged

1. transitiveTo hang over (something).

   At that time, the upper part of the tower overhanged its base by about fourteen feet.

   2012, Edwin Labre, Solly Border, Freedom...At Last!, page 37

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   Her brow was overhung with coins of gold, / That sparkled o'er the auburn of her hair [...].

   1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto II, stanza 116

2. intransitiveTo impend.

plural overhangs

1. economicsThe volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply.
2. architectureThat portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
3. A fatty roll of pubis flab that hangs over one's genitals; a FUPA.
4. Anything that overhangs or protrudes over its base, such as a wave immediately before breaking, or a protruding cliff or rock wall.

   These are firstly for products which need a cool room; secondly for products which can be stored on a standard pallet without overhang; and thirdly for products known as "the uglies" which always overhang a standard pallet.

   1983, Australian Transport, page 16