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動詞

overhanging

1. present participle and gerund of overhang
   • 2020 December 2, Anthony Lambert, “Reimagining Railway Stations”, in Rail, page 42, photo caption:

     Charlbury, between Oxford and Worcester, is one of the few surviving Italianate stations designed by Brunel. Built in 1853, it is characterised by the broad overhanging hipped roof, providing shelter at front and rear.

名詞

overhanging (plural overhangings)

1. (architecture) Synonym of overhang.

形容詞

overhanging (not comparable)

1. Physically hanging over something.

   the overhanging cliff

2. Impending; approaching.
   • 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:

     Before the word was spoken Carrados had had a flash of realization. It came with the nature-sense of overhanging danger, with the subtle change of intention in the arm that touched his own, with the slight chirrup of a stoppered phial being opened—but it came too late.

アナグラム

• hanging over