different between eaves vs overhang

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /i?vz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ivz/
• Homophone: eves
• Rhymes: -i?vz

Etymology 1

From Middle English eves (“projecting lower edge of a roof”) [and other forms], from Old English efes, yfes, *ofes (“edge of a roof”), from Proto-West Germanic *ubisu (“hall”), from Proto-Germanic *ubisw? (compare Gothic ???????????????????????? (ubizwa), Old High German obasa (“hall; porch; roof”)), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above; over”) (whence over).

Noun

eaves pl (plural only)

1. (architecture) The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.
2. (by extension) Something that extends over or projects beyond.

Alternative forms

• eave

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From eave +? -s, from a misinterpretation of the -s ending of eaves as forming a plural.

Noun

eaves

1. plural of eave

References

Further reading

• eaves on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• seave

English

Etymology

From Old English oferhangan, corresponding to over- +? hang.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??v??ha?/ (verb), IPA^(key): /???v?ha?/ (noun)
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?v???hæ?/ (noun)

Verb

overhang (third-person singular simple present overhangs, present participle overhanging, simple past and past participle overhung or overhanged)

1. (transitive) To hang over (something).
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.116:

     Her brow was overhung with coins of gold, / That sparkled o'er the auburn of her hair [...].
2. (intransitive) To impend.

Translations

Noun

overhang (plural overhangs)

1. (economics) The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply.
2. (architecture) That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
3. A fatty roll of pubis flab that hangs over one's genitals; a FUPA.
4. Anything that overhangs or protrudes over its base, such as a wave immediately before breaking, or a protruding cliff or rock wall.

Translations

Anagrams

• hang over, hangover