Definitions for overhung

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overhung o·ver·hung

Spelling: [verb oh-ver-huhng; adjective oh-ver-huhng]

IPA: /verb ˌoʊ vərˈhʌŋ; adjective ˈoʊ vərˌhʌŋ/

Overhung is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 187 anagrams from letters in overhung (eghnoruv).

Definitions for overhung

noun

1. something that extends or juts out over; projection.
2. the extent of projection, as of the bow of a ship.
3. Informal. an excess or surplus:
4. a threat or menace:
5. Architecture. a projecting upper part of a building, as a roof or balcony.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of overhang.

adjective

1. hung or suspended from above:

verb (used with object)

1. to hang or be suspended over:
2. to extend, project, or jut over:
3. to impend over or threaten, as danger or evil; loom over:
4. to spread throughout; permeate; pervade:
5. Informal. to hover over, as a threat or menace:

verb (used without object)

1. to hang over; project or jut out over something below:

Origin of overhung

First recorded in 1700-10; over- + hung

Examples for overhung

A moment later and he entered the bush that fringed the path and overhung it.

They had just gained the top of an ice-block, which, unknown to the driver, overhung its base.

On the opposite side, the end of a rail projected and overhung.

A number of iguanas were observed on the branches of the trees that overhung the stream.

Tim and Sambo, seeing it coming, had sprung on to a tree which overhung the stream.

They had almost reached the belt of trees that overhung the road.

Presently he came to a wild spot where the stream was overhung by bushes.

Away to the left the water widened out, and was overhung by a haze of heat.

Otho led the way to one of the most distant terraces that overhung the Rhine.

The forehead, which overhung his small, keen eyes, was large and wrinkled.