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Meanings of overhang in English

Be suspended over or hang over.

Usage of overhang in English
1
The new law grants smaller parties compensation seats for any overhang seats.
Reuters
2
There is also a sizeable overhang of future share sales to come.
Reuters
3
Each billow sapped its foundation; it soon began to overhang its base.
The Ocean and Its Wonders
4
Two flowers rise to the right and left and overhang two cups.
Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot
5
Above it was the overhang of the second level of the tower.
Dayworld Breakup
6
Trim the paper and tin foil to leave only a 2cm overhang.
The Guardian
7
And every overhang dripped with icicles, many of them several metres long.
The Guardian
8
The men have not since ventured under the overhang of the poop.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
9
Therefore I shall need you to overhang your head off the bedside.
Speaks the Nightbird
10
Pines and firs stand on the rocks and aspens overhang the brooks.
Canyons of the Colorado
11
The far door, hidden from me by the roof's overhang, opened first.
The Forever War
12
The left wall was so sheer that it almost seemed to overhang.
Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico
13
We found an overhang and that kept off most of the rain.
The Lost Valley
14
Double columns on either side of the front supported a frieze overhang.
Sins of the Fathers
15
Then he discovered that he had lowered his friend over an overhang.
The Guardian
16
It is pure power, with only seven moves on a 45-degree overhang.
Climbing Magazine
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common