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View definitions for over-hanging

over-hanging

adjective as in menacing

adjective as in overhead

Strongest matches

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Weak matches

adjective as in lowering

verb as in overlap

adjective as in menacing

adjective as in overhead

Strongest matches

Strong match

Weak matches

adjective as in lowering

verb as in overlap

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Example Sentences

At the side was some masonry, above which the rock rose steep and almost over-hanging.

He descended Yalbury Hill and could just discern ahead of him a waggon, drawn up under a great over-hanging tree by the roadside.

These cloisters, I am told, are a fine refuge in a storm, for they are protected by windows and deep over-hanging eaves.

The huge "brow" of logs over-hanging the stream had yet to be released.

The over-hanging rocks, however, help one a little, and by diligent creeping he is sometimes approached.

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On this page you'll find 811 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to over-hanging, such as: alarming, dangerous, frightening, threatening, approaching, and impending.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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