Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
hang over, as an ornament:

Examples

7 sentences

  1. The boughs of the large tree overhung the pond.

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  2. When the rain started, she ducked under an overhang.

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  3. Just as Tom looked up, an icicle fell from overhang of roof.

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Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To hang over (something).

    нависа́тьnavisátʹ

    be suspended over or hang over

  2. (intransitive)To impend.

Origin

From Old English oferhangan, corresponding to over- + hang.

From Old English oferhangan, corresponding to over- + hang.

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Forms

overhangs, overhanging, overhung, overhung

irregular · Lesson

Base formoverhang · to overhang
3rd person singularoverhangs
Present participleoverhanging
Past simpleoverhung / overhanged
Past participleoverhung / overhanged

Tenses

overhang · overhung · will overhang · have overhung

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverhang
he, she, itoverhangs

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overhung
he, she, ithas overhung

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overhang

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverhung

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • be suspended over or hang over:beetle

Word family

2 related words
Derivednonoverhangingoverhanger

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overfilloverflowovergrazingoverhauloverhead

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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