Overhang
noun
Something that hangs or juts out over something else.
The overhang of the roof provided some shade in the hot sun.
Often appears as...
- roof overhang
- cliff overhang
noun
The amount by which something hangs over.
The balcony had an overhang of several feet.
Often appears as...
- significant overhang
- minimal overhang
verb
To hang or jut out over something.
The branches of the tree overhang the pathway.
Often appears as...
- overhang the river
- overhang the street
noun
In finance, the potential selling pressure on a stock.
There is a significant overhang of shares due to the recent announcement.
Often appears as...
- share overhang
- stock overhang
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Formal
Technical
noun
Something that hangs or juts out over something else.
The overhang of the roof provided some shade in the hot sun.
Often appears as...
- roof overhang
- cliff overhang
noun
The amount by which something hangs over.
The balcony had an overhang of several feet.
Often appears as...
- significant overhang
- minimal overhang
verb
To hang or jut out over something.
The branches of the tree overhang the pathway.
Often appears as...
- overhang the river
- overhang the street
noun
In finance, the potential selling pressure on a stock.
There is a significant overhang of shares due to the recent announcement.
Often appears as...
- share overhang
- stock overhang
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Sheltering Effect
Overhang often implies protection from elements like sun or rain by sticking out above.
We sat beneath the overhang to avoid the rain.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Space
When used as a noun, overhang refers to a part of a structure that physically extends beyond its base.
Birds nested in the eave overhang.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Impact
Overhangs can create a dramatic visual effect, sometimes making structures appear more imposing.
The cliff overhang gave the landscape a majestic look.
Pro Tip 1/3Sheltering Effect
Overhang often implies protection from elements like sun or rain by sticking out above.
We sat beneath the overhang to avoid the rain.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Space
When used as a noun, overhang refers to a part of a structure that physically extends beyond its base.
Birds nested in the eave overhang.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Impact
Overhangs can create a dramatic visual effect, sometimes making structures appear more imposing.
The cliff overhang gave the landscape a majestic look.
Pro Tip 1/3Sheltering Effect
Overhang often implies protection from elements like sun or rain by sticking out above.
We sat beneath the overhang to avoid the rain.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Space
When used as a noun, overhang refers to a part of a structure that physically extends beyond its base.
Birds nested in the eave overhang.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Impact
Overhangs can create a dramatic visual effect, sometimes making structures appear more imposing.
The cliff overhang gave the landscape a majestic look.
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Euvin Naidoo: Africa as...
There's an overhang of capital in the U.S., and the key is yield pickup. What Africa is providing is a diversification play, and also opportunities for yield pickup for the investor that's aware of what he or she is doing. Now, when looking at Africa vis-a-vis other things, and countries in Africa vis-a-vis other things, comparisons become important.
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Vicious Piranha Moments...
his eyes will be watching all the time they're very very alert yeah right well i think he's getting a bit frustrated so i'll put him back in the water with his thousands of friends and hope his memory's not so good ripening fig trees overhanging the water's edge provide welcome food for shoals of hungry fish
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Risk Takers: Extreme...
He hadn't gone yet. He tried again and again to toss him a rope, right, to get him anything to help him get out of that spot, and he just couldn't because the cliff was so overhung. And so, after a few minutes, Matt was fa-- was floating face down, totally out of air,
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This Plant Traps its...
the picture trap consists of several specialized structures each with its own part to play in securing a meal the brightly colored pitcher rim stands out amid the green foliage of the jungle and overhangs a steep drop down into the
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
these birds mate for life and the male reaffirms the bond by displaying to the female they're building a mud nest on the underside of the boulders overhang where it'll be protected from the rain
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These Ancient Birds Have...
These birds mate for life and the male reaffirms the bond by displaying to the female. They're building a mud nest on the underside of the boulder's overhang,
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Inches from an Avalanche...
any signs of life suddenly he spots something on the side of the mountain he can't believe his eyes an overhanging ledge has protected
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The Largest Falcon in...
the absence of his bigger more powerful mate is a good sign incubating eggs deep behind this overhang in the cliff
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Climbing Angel Falls,...
Let's go,. FEDERICO We've come here to Angel Falls to climb this huge overhang.
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The Planet Earth...
ripening fig trees overhanging the
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Euvin Naidoo: Africa as...
There's an overhang of capital in the U.S., and the key is yield pickup. What Africa is providing is a diversification play, and also opportunities for yield pickup for the investor that's aware of what he or she is doing. Now, when looking at Africa vis-a-vis other things, and countries in Africa vis-a-vis other things, comparisons become important.
Video examples
Vicious Piranha Moments...
his eyes will be watching all the time they're very very alert yeah right well i think he's getting a bit frustrated so i'll put him back in the water with his thousands of friends and hope his memory's not so good ripening fig trees overhanging the water's edge provide welcome food for shoals of hungry fish
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Risk Takers: Extreme...
He hadn't gone yet. He tried again and again to toss him a rope, right, to get him anything to help him get out of that spot, and he just couldn't because the cliff was so overhung. And so, after a few minutes, Matt was fa-- was floating face down, totally out of air,
Video examples
This Plant Traps its...
the picture trap consists of several specialized structures each with its own part to play in securing a meal the brightly colored pitcher rim stands out amid the green foliage of the jungle and overhangs a steep drop down into the
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
these birds mate for life and the male reaffirms the bond by displaying to the female they're building a mud nest on the underside of the boulders overhang where it'll be protected from the rain
Video examples
These Ancient Birds Have...
These birds mate for life and the male reaffirms the bond by displaying to the female. They're building a mud nest on the underside of the boulder's overhang,
Video examples
Inches from an Avalanche...
any signs of life suddenly he spots something on the side of the mountain he can't believe his eyes an overhanging ledge has protected
Video examples
The Largest Falcon in...
the absence of his bigger more powerful mate is a good sign incubating eggs deep behind this overhang in the cliff
Video examples
Climbing Angel Falls,...
Let's go,. FEDERICO We've come here to Angel Falls to climb this huge overhang.
Video examples
The Planet Earth...
ripening fig trees overhanging the
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Romesh Ranganathan
British Comedian
I know you're supposed to love yourself, but I really hate the way I look. When I look in the mirror I'm so disgusted by the chocolate blancmange abomination staring back at me, I actually apologise to my wife for my physical appearance. I've got no backside, an overhanging belly and I'm so disproportionate.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
We are accustomed in England to chalk in rolling downs, except where bitten into by the sea, but elsewhere it is riven and presents cliffs, and these cliffs are not at all like that of Shakespeare at Dover but overhang, where hard beds alternate with others that are friable.
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Euvin Naidoo
South African Businessman
Global capital is agnostic - it has no loyalties. There's an overhang of capital in the U.S., and the key is yield pickup. What Africa is providing is a diversification play and also opportunities for yield pickup for the investor that's aware of what he or she is doing.
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Jay Griffiths
British Author
The woods are a place where children can go to think. Children gravitate towards these spaces. When I was a child it was nothing more than a scrubby little overhang under a rhododendron bush, but it was incredibly important to me.
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John Updike
American Novelist
A seventeenth-century house can be recognized by its steep roof, massive central chimney and utter porchlessness. Some of those houses have a second-story overhang, emphasizing their medieval look.
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James Wolfensohn
Australian Businessman
The interesting thing about debt in most cases is that you have to pay it back. So if you build an overhang of debt, it becomes more and more limiting in terms of the prospect that you have.
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Dean Potter
American Athlete
For two summers, I lived up on the Eiger for close to 40 days. It was in a tent under this overhang near the start of Deep Blue Sea. I would drink the water that dripped from the ceiling.
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Howard Carter
English Scientist
As the work proceeded we found that the western end of the cutting receded under the slope of the rock, and thus was partly roofed over by the overhanging rock.
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Bayard Taylor
American Journalist
In the glory which overhangs Palestine afar off, we imagine emotions which never come, when we tread the soil and walk over the hallowed sites.
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Romesh Ranganathan
British Comedian
I know you're supposed to love yourself, but I really hate the way I look. When I look in the mirror I'm so disgusted by the chocolate blancmange abomination staring back at me, I actually apologise to my wife for my physical appearance. I've got no backside, an overhanging belly and I'm so disproportionate.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
We are accustomed in England to chalk in rolling downs, except where bitten into by the sea, but elsewhere it is riven and presents cliffs, and these cliffs are not at all like that of Shakespeare at Dover but overhang, where hard beds alternate with others that are friable.
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Euvin Naidoo
South African Businessman
Global capital is agnostic - it has no loyalties. There's an overhang of capital in the U.S., and the key is yield pickup. What Africa is providing is a diversification play and also opportunities for yield pickup for the investor that's aware of what he or she is doing.
Quote examples
Jay Griffiths
British Author
The woods are a place where children can go to think. Children gravitate towards these spaces. When I was a child it was nothing more than a scrubby little overhang under a rhododendron bush, but it was incredibly important to me.
Quote examples
John Updike
American Novelist
A seventeenth-century house can be recognized by its steep roof, massive central chimney and utter porchlessness. Some of those houses have a second-story overhang, emphasizing their medieval look.
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James Wolfensohn
Australian Businessman
The interesting thing about debt in most cases is that you have to pay it back. So if you build an overhang of debt, it becomes more and more limiting in terms of the prospect that you have.
Quote examples
Dean Potter
American Athlete
For two summers, I lived up on the Eiger for close to 40 days. It was in a tent under this overhang near the start of Deep Blue Sea. I would drink the water that dripped from the ceiling.
Quote examples
Howard Carter
English Scientist
As the work proceeded we found that the western end of the cutting receded under the slope of the rock, and thus was partly roofed over by the overhanging rock.
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Bayard Taylor
American Journalist
In the glory which overhangs Palestine afar off, we imagine emotions which never come, when we tread the soil and walk over the hallowed sites.
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