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Overhung

//oʊvəɹˈhʌŋ// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Covered over; ornamented with hangings. not-comparable

    "[T]he former, is but a vacant edifice; gilded, it may be, and overhung with old votive gifts, yet useless, nay pestilentially unclean[.]"

  2. 2
    Suspended from above or from the top. not-comparable

    "an overhung door"

  3. 3
    That hangs over; overhanging. not-comparable

    "Though almost engulfed by Bedford, Elstow's claim to villagedom is still maintained by two fine rows of timber-framed, overhung, black-and-white cottages and the timber and herringbone-brick Swan pub."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of overhang form-of, participle, past

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