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Noun cantilever has 1 sense

cantilever - projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
--₁ is a kind of beam

Derived forms: verb cantilever₁, verb cantilever₂

Verb cantilever has 2 senses

cantilever - project as a cantilever
--₁ is one way to stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project

Derived form: noun cantilever₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
cantilever - construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed; "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings"
--₂ is one way to construct, build, make

Derived form: noun cantilever₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something