Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun overhang

1 sense of overhang

Sense 1
overhang -- (projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else)
       => projection -- (any structure that branches out from a central support)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb overhang

2 senses of overhang

Sense 1
overhang -- (project over)
       => stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project -- (extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff")

Sense 2
overhang, beetle -- (be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town")
       => hang -- (be suspended or hanging; "The flag hung on the wall")