Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of overhang
adjectiveoverhung (not comparable)
- not comparableCovered over; ornamented with hangings.
[T]he former, is but a vacant edifice; gilded, it may be, and overhung with old votive gifts, yet useless, nay pestilentially unclean[.]
1830, Thomas Carlyle, “On History”, in Fraser's Magazine - not comparableSuspended from above or from the top.
an overhung door
- not comparableThat hangs over; overhanging.
Though almost engulfed by Bedford, Elstow's claim to villagedom is still maintained by two fine rows of timber-framed, overhung, black-and-white cottages and the timber and herringbone-brick Swan pub.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 174
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with overhung
youngamongnglunghungsungsprungdungshengrungrngunsungclungbungmunghyungpungguzhenghorse-hung'mongsilver tongueunstungXianfengyouth is wasted on the young
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APA
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“overhung.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhung. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overhung,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhung.
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