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overhung

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o·ver·hung  (vr-hng)
v.
Past tense and past participle of overhang.
adj. (vr-hng)
Suspended from above: an overhung door.
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Over the hedge on one side we looked into a plowed field, and on the other we looked over a gate at our master's house, which stood by the roadside; at the top of the meadow was a grove of fir trees, and at the bottom a running brook overhung by a steep bank.
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On still evenings this pond would be at rest, and not a rustle would disturb the trees which grew on its banks and overhung the motionless expanse of water.
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My mind ran upon our late visitor,--her smiles, the deep rich tones of her voice, the strange mystery which overhung her life.
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