HANG

hang

(noun) a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast’s weight is supported by the arms

hang

(noun) the way a garment hangs; “he adjusted the hang of his coat”

bent, knack, hang

(noun) a special way of doing something; “he had a bent for it”; “he had a special knack for getting into trouble”; “he couldn’t get the hang of it”

hang

(verb) suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste; “hang the venison for a few days”

cling, hang

(verb) hold on tightly or tenaciously; “hang on to your father’s hands”; “The child clung to his mother’s apron”

hang, hang up

(verb) cause to be hanging or suspended; “Hang that picture on the wall”

hang

(verb) place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction; “hang a door”

hang

(verb) be placed in position as by a hinge; “This cabinet door doesn’t hang right!”

hang

(verb) be suspended or poised; “Heavy fog hung over the valley”

hang

(verb) be suspended or hanging; “The flag hung on the wall”

hang, fall, flow

(verb) fall or flow in a certain way; “This dress hangs well”; “Her long black hair flowed down her back”

hang

(verb) decorate or furnish with something suspended; “Hang wallpaper”

hang

(verb) let drop or droop; “Hang one’s head in shame”

attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear

(verb) give heed (to); “The children in the audience attended the recital quietly”; “She hung on his every word”; “They attended to everything he said”

hang, string up

(verb) kill by hanging; “The murderer was hanged on Friday”

hang

(verb) prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury

hang

(verb) be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; “This worry hangs on my mind”; “The cloud of suspicion hangs over her”

hang

(verb) be exhibited; “Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

Hang (plural Hanghang)

Name and trademark of a musical instrument invented and built by PANArt Hangbau AG.

Anagrams

• Ghan

Etymology 1

Verb

hang (third-person singular simple present hangs, present participle hanging, simple past and past participle (archaic, legal) hanged or hung)

(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.

(intransitive) To float, as if suspended.

(intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.

(transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.

(transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.

(transitive, legal) To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.

(intransitive, legal) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.

(transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.

(intransitive, informal) To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.

(transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.

(transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).

(transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.

(intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.

(transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.

(intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard and mouse.

(transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.

(transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.

(intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.

(transitive, baseball, slang) Of a pitcher, to throw a hittable off-speed pitch.

Usage notes

• Formerly, at least until the 16th century, the past tense of the transitive use of hang was hanged. This form is retained for the legal senses “to be executed by suspension from the neck” and “to execute by suspension from the neck” and hung for all other meanings. hung is sometimes also used in the legal senses, but is proscribed in legal or other formal writing (for the applicable senses only). Rarely, hanged is used for non-legal senses as well, which is also proscribed. See also the etymology.

Synonyms

• (be or remain suspended): be suspended, dangle

• (float as if suspended): float, hover

• (execute (someone) by suspension from the neck): lynch, string up; see also kill by hanging

• (be executed): go to the gallows, swing (informal), take a ride to Tyburn (archaic); see also die by hanging

• (loiter): hang about, hang around, loiter

• (computing: stop responding): freeze, lock up

• (cause (something) to be suspended): suspend

• (hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect): drop, lower

• (to place on a hook): hook, hook up

• (to put a telephone handset back on a hook): hang up

• (exhibit): exhibit, show

• (apply (wallpaper to a wall)): put up

• (decorate (something) with hanging objects): bedeck, deck, decorate

• (computing: cause (a program or computer) to stop responding): freeze, lock up

• (in chess: cause to become vulnerable to capture)

• (in chess: be vulnerable to capture)

Noun

hang (plural hangs)

The way in which something hangs.

(colloquial, figuratively) A grip, understanding.

(computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.

A sharp or steep declivity or slope.

A mass of hanging material.

(colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.

Etymology 2

Noun

hang (uncountable)

(Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.

Etymology 3

Noun

hang

Alternative spelling of Hang

Anagrams

• Ghan

Source: Wiktionary

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Hang, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hanged (hngd) or Hung (; p. pr. & vb. n. Hanging. The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also more common.] Etym: [OE. hangen, hangien, v. t. & i., AS. hangian, v. i., fr. h, v. t. (imp. heng, p. p. hongen); akin to OS. hang, v. i. D. hangen, v. t. & i., G. hangen, v. i, hängen, v. t, Isel hanga, v. i., Goth. hahan, v. t. (imp. haíhah), hahan, v. i. (imp. hahaida), and perh. to L. cunctari to delay. sq. root37. ]

1. To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner.

2. To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc.

3. To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve. [U. S.]

4. To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer.

5. To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; -- said of a wall, a room, etc. Hung be the heavens with black. Shak. And hung thy holy roofs with savage spoils. Dryden.

6. To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room.

7. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame. Cowslips wan that hang the pensive head. Milton. To hang down, to let fall below the proper position; to bend down; to decline; as, to hang down the head, or, elliptically, to hang the head.

– To hang fire (Mil.), to be slow in communicating fire through the vent to the charge; as, the gun hangs fire; hence, to hesitate, to hold back as if in suspense.

Hang, v. i.

1. To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.

2. To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or points of suspension.

3. To die or be put to death by suspension from the neck. [R.] "Sir Balaam hangs." Pope.

4. To hold for support; to depend; to cling; -- usually with on or upon; as, this question hangs on a single point. "Two infants hanging on her neck." Peacham.

5. To be, or be like, a suspended weight. Life hangs upon me, and becomes a burden. Addison.

6. To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over; as, evils hang over the country.

7. To lean or incline; to incline downward. To decide which way hung the victory. Milton. His neck obliquely o'er his shoulder hung. Pope.

8. To slope down; as, hanging grounds.

9. To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed. A noble stroke he lifted high, Which hung not, but so swift with tempest fell On the proud crest of Satan. Milton. To hang around, to loiter idly about.

– To hang back, to hesitate; to falter; to be reluctant. "If any one among you hangs back." Jowett (Thucyd.).

– To hang by the eyelids. (a) To hang by a very slight hold or tenure. (b) To be in an unfinished condition; to be left incomplete.

– To hang in doubt, to be in suspense.

– To hang on (with the emphasis on the preposition), to keep hold; to hold fast; to stick; to be persistent, as a disease.

– To hang on the lips, words, etc., to be charmed by eloquence.

– To hang out. (a) To be hung out so as to be displayed; to project. (b) To be unyielding; as, the juryman hangs out against an agreement. [Colloq.] (c) to lounge around a particular place; as, teenageers tend to hang out at the mall these days -- To hang over. (a) To project at the top. (b) To impend over.

– To hang to, to cling.

– To hang together. (a) To remain united; to stand by one another. "We are all of a piece; we hang together." Dryden. (b) To be self- consistent; as, the story does not hang together. [Colloq.] -- To hang upon. (a) To regard with passionate affection. (b) (Mil.) To hover around; as, to hang upon the flanks of a retreating enemy.

Hang, n.

1. The manner in which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected with, another; as, the hang of a scythe.

2. Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse. [Colloq.]

3. A sharp or steep declivity or slope. [Colloq.] To get the hang of, to learn the method or arrangement of; hence, to become accustomed to. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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