to hang or be suspended over

A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.

to extend, project, or jut over

A wide balcony overhangs the garden.

to impend over or threaten, as danger or evil; loom over

The threat of war overhung Europe.

to spread throughout; permeate; pervade

the melancholy that overhung the proceedings.

Informal . to hover over, as a threat or menace

Unemployment continues to overhang the economic recovery.

to hang over; project or jut out over something below

How far does the balcony overhang?

something that extends or juts out over; projection.

the extent of projection, as of the bow of a ship.

Informal . an excess or surplus

an overhang of office space in midtown.

a threat or menace

to face the overhang of foreign reprisals.

Architecture . a projecting upper part of a building, as a roof or balcony.

verb

beetle , be imminent , be suspended , cast a shadow , command , dangle over , droop over , endanger , extend , flap over , impend , jut , loom , menace , overtop , poke , portend , pouch , project , protrude , rise above , stand out , stick out , swing over , threaten , tower above , bag , balloon , belly , protuberate , brew , hang over , lower , bulge , drape , eaves , jetty , overlap , suspend

noun

jut , knob , knot , projection , protrusion , protuberance