Antonyms for hanging over

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : hang

Phonetic Transcription : hæŋ

Definition of hanging over

Origin : a fusion of Old English hon "suspend" (transitive, class VII strong verb; past tense heng, past participle hangen), and Old English hangian (weak, intransitive, past tense hangode) "be suspended;" also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja "suspend," and hanga "be suspended." All from Proto-Germanic *khang- (cf. Old Frisian hangia, Dutch hangen, German hängen), from PIE *kank- "to hang" (cf. Gothic hahan, Hittite gang- "to hang," Sanskrit sankate "wavers," Latin cunctari "to delay;" see also second element in Stonehenge). As a method of execution, in late Old English (but originally specifically of crucifixion).
Hung emerged as past participle 16c. in northern England dialect, and hanged endured only in legal language (which tends to be conservative) and metaphors extended from it (I'll be hanged). Teen slang sense of "spend time" first recorded 1951; hang around "idle, loiter" is from 1830, and hang out (v.) is from 1811. Hang fire (1781) was originally used of guns that were slow in communicating the fire through the vent to the charge. To let it all hang out "be relaxed and uninhibited" is from 1967.

As in destined : adj bound for, fated in near future
As in loom : verb appear, often imposingly
As in project : verb bulge, hang out
As in threaten : verb endanger
As in impend : verb threaten

Example sentences :

Facing this, and hanging over the side of the bed, was a portrait of his father.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

A gun was hanging over the fire-place, which was a grate, not a turf-stone.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

On his head was a long woollen cap, hanging over at one side.
Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens

After seeing him hanging over there I think you can guess why.
Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess

He bounded over the hedge, and there was Dard hanging over his axe, moaning.
Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade

There seems to be hanging over me a cloud of fate I cannot dispel.
Extract from : « Capitola's Peril » by Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth

A rope was hanging over her side; I found my hands grasping it.
Extract from : « The Three Midshipmen » by W.H.G. Kingston

Luba arose and lighted the lamp which was hanging over the table.
Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky

I could have got better faster, but for my dread of a governess which was hanging over me.
Extract from : « Daisy » by Elizabeth Wetherell

So I seemed to myself at times to be hanging over the abyss.
Extract from : « A Tour of the Missions » by Augustus Hopkins Strong

Synonyms for hanging over

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