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overhangnoun a part that sticks out from the general mass of somethinga recess in the face of the cliff that is hidden by the thick vines dangling from the jagged overhang above bulge, bunch, convexity, jut, projection, protrusion, protuberance, swell domeblob, bump, dilatation, gibbosity, hump, knob, knot, knurl, lump, nub, obtrusion, puff, snag, swellingblock, piece, portion, sectionenlargement, escalation, expansion, increasehill, mound cavity, concave, concavity, dent, depression, dint, hollow, indent, indentation, indenture, pit, recess crater, hole, wellbasin, bowl, dip, valleyfurrow, groove, trench, troughdimple, gouge, impression, notch, pocket overhangverbto extend outward beyond a usual pointthe narrow streets of the old European city are lined with row houses often having overhanging second stories bag, balloon, beetle, belly, billow, bulge, bunch, jut, poke, pooch(chiefly dialect), pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell domeblow up, inflatedilate, distend, expandmushroom, snowballelongate, extend, lengthen, stretch compress, condense, constrict, contract, shrink to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress onthe problem of how he might be able to afford sending his children to college has been overhanging him for several years hang (over), hover (over), impend (over), menace, threaten endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, peril before the 12th century |