overhang as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
- 2
overhang
noun
1 overhang
Projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else.
Polish: nawis
verb
1 overhang
2 overhang
Be suspended over or hang over.
synonym: beetle.
Roget 206:
be high
etc.
adj.;
tower,
soar,
command;
hover,
hover over,
fly over;
orbit,
be in orbit;
cap,
culminate;
overhang,
hang over,
impend,
beetle,
bestride,
ride,
mount;
perch,
surmount;
cover
etc.
223;
overtop
etc.
(be superior)
33;
stand on tiptoe.
become high
etc.
adj.;
grow higher,
grow taller;
upgrow†;
rise
etc.
(ascend)
305;
send into orbit.
render high
etc.
adj.;
heighten
etc.
(elevate)
307.
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Dutch: overhangen
Moby thesaurus: approach, arch over, await, be imminent, be in store, beetle, beetling, bestraddle, bestride, brew, bridge, bulge, come on, confront, draw near, draw nigh, draw on, extend out, extend over, extension, face, forthcome, gather, hang out, hang over, hover, imbricate, impend, impend over, impendence, impendency, imperil, jut, jut out, jutting, lap, lap over, lean over, ledge, lie over, loom, lower, menace, near, overarch, overhanging, overlap, overlie, override, poke, pouch, pout, project, project over, projection, protrude, protrusion, shingle, span, stand out, stick out, threaten, thrust over ... show more.
overhanging
adjective
Roget 206:
high,
elevated,
eminent,
exalted,
lofty,
tall;
gigantic
etc.
(big)
192;
Patagonian;
towering,
beetling,
soaring,
hanging
(gardens);
elevated
etc.
307;
upper;
highest
etc.
(topmost)
210;
high reaching,
insessorial†,
perching.
upland,
moorland;
hilly,
knobby [U.S.];
mountainous,
alpine,
subalpine,
heaven kissing;
cloudtopt†,
cloudcapt†,
cloudtouching†;
aerial.
overhanging
etc.
v.;
incumbent,
overlying,
superincumbent†,
supernatant,
superimposed;
prominent
etc.
v.
250.
tall as a maypole,
tall as a poplar,
tall as a steeple,
lanky
etc.
(thin)
203.
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Roget 214:
pendent,
pendulous;
pensile;
hanging
etc.
v.;
beetling,
jutting over,
overhanging,
projecting;
dependent;
suspended
etc.
v.;
loose,
flowing.
having a peduncle
etc.
n.;
pedunculate†,
tailed,
caudate.
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Moby thesaurus: about to be, already in sight, approaching, at hand, beetle, beetle-browed, beetling, brewing, close, close at hand, coming, forthcoming, future, gathering, going to happen, immediate, imminent, impendence, impendency, impendent, impending, in danger imminent, in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, incumbent, instant, jutting, looming, lowering, lurking, menacing, near, near at hand, nearing, on the horizon, overhang, overhung, pending, preparing, projecting, projection, superincumbent, that will be, threatening, to come, upcoming, waiting ... show more.
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