to overhang
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3.6
- verb
- /ˈoʊvərhæŋ/
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sobresalir
- While climbing, I noticed a rock that seemed to overhang the edge of the cliff, making it hazardous.
- overhanging rocks
Examples
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It's important to give room for the rear IO to overhang the surface that you're working on.
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About fifty yards upriver, under cover of overhanging trees, a man lifted his lunghi to squat.
Fiction book (1996) -
They're going to be really strict on plant life and which plants are able to like overhang across something.
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It's probably almost 100 meters high, slightly overhanging.
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Eventually, we reached an overhanging tree, which became our lifeline.
Fiction book (2002) -
Up close, he had small wise eyes under an overhanging brow.
Fiction book (2000) -
As they walked into the shade of the overhanging stone, Ayla felt an immediate cooling of temperature.
Fiction book (2002) -
Students should be aware that the cane cannot always protect them from overhanging obstacles, such as tree branches and protruding signs.
Academic text (2010) -
Another angle: huddled under the overhanging roof, Muddy, Peaches, and Hero are watching him.
Fiction book (1999) -
I looked in puzzlement at his profile, which was shaded by the overhanging canopy of leaves from the beeches.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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1.0
To attach something from above so it stays up
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3.2
To extend beyond a surface or edge
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5.8
To stick out from a surface or edge
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4.3
To stick out from a surface
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4.8
To stick out from a surface, as when a balcony hangs over a street
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3.5
To stick out from something like a wall or table
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3.4
To stick out from a surface like a rock or shelf
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8.9
To support something so it sticks out from one fixed end
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Overhang comes from the parts over- 'above' and hang 'to be suspended'. So, to overhang is to hang above and stick out over the edge of something.