different between impend vs overhang

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impendere (“to hang over, to weigh out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Verb

impend (third-person singular simple present impends, present participle impending, simple past and past participle impended)

1. (obsolete) To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.
   • 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 210:

     The Earl had often heard of a rich citizen […] and the peculiar charm of a little snug rotunda which he had just finished on the verge of his ground, and which impended the great London road.

   • When a thing really impends over another, e.g. when one stands at a fountain (????????), over which one really leans.

2. (intransitive) Figuratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.
3. (intransitive) To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.
4. (obsolete) To pay.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Fabyan to this entry?)

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Anagrams

• Mendip

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.

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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