hang has definitions from the fields of clothing,law
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[ verb ] be suspended or hanging

Examples

"The flag hung on the wall"

Used in print

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

Closer still , regular barricades of barbed_wire hung on timber supports .

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

Hanging over the bar was an oil_painting of a nude Al had accepted from a student at the Corcoran_Gallery who needed to eat and drink and was broke .

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

For a moment , boy and mount hung in midair .

(Howard Fast, April Morning....)

We were less than a quarter of a mile from the road , and we could trace its shape from the ribbon of powder smoke and dust that hung over it .

(Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)

Everywhere else his ideas lay or hung in visible form : his models , drawings , ten foot canvases in monochromes from his painting days , and underfoot a windfall of broken-backed books that looked as_though their insides had been ransacked by a maniac .

Related terms

dangle overhang hanging

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[ verb ] cause to be hanging or suspended

Synonyms

hang_up

Examples

"Hang that picture on the wall"

Used in print

("Editorials"...)

And in England , after the Restoration , the body of Cromwell was disinterred and hanged at Tyburn .

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

His hands lay loosely , yet stiffly - they were like wax hands : almost lifelike , not quite - folded in his lap ; his mouth hung slightly open .

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

The smoke from that chimney rose as sluggishly as smoke from any other , and hung as sadly in the drizzle , creeping back_down along the sopping canvas of the roof .

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

Black strips of skin hung from it .

Related terms

fasten suspend hanging hanger

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[ verb ] (law) kill by hanging

Synonyms

string_up

Examples

"The murdered was hanged on Friday"

Used in print

(The Providence Journal BR-B16. Chicago Daily Tribune...)

Usually a veteran has to hang himself to get space on the front page .

(The New Republic, 145: 19...)

Then let the whole lot be hanged in a public mass execution on July 4 , 1963 .

Hanging the responsible officials would not abolish the government , but would emphasize its accountability for the lives of its individual citizens , which would certainly alter it , and definitely for the better .

If we make it established custom that whenever butchery on the highways grows excessive , say beyond 25000 per_annum , then somebody is going_to hang , it follows that the more eminent the victim , the more impressive the lesson .

To hang 50 Governors might be preferable except that they are not directly related_to the highways ; so , all things considered , the highway commissioners would seem to be elected .

Related terms

execute halter gibbet hanging

4
[ verb ] let drop or droop

Examples

"Hang one's head in shame"

Used in print

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

His head hung over the boards of Katie 's stall ; before it was sprawled the mangled corpse of the bearded stranger .

(John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)

Arlene was so ashamed that she hung her head when she said , `` Yes , sir '' .

Related terms

drop

5
[ verb ] fall or flow in a certain way

Synonyms

flow fall

Examples

"This dress hangs well" "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

Used in print

(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)

`` Hang this around your neck or attach it to other parts of your anatomy , and its rays will cure any disease you have '' , said the company .

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

Her legs hung down long and thin as she sat on the high stool .

The velvet smoking_jackets , pearl gray , wine , and blue , which Miss_Ada had bought him hung brushed and unworn in the closet .

Each brass handle and hinge shone for his reward , and he knew how to get_at the dust in the china flowers and how to take_down the long glass drops which hung from the chandelier .

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[ verb ] be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive

Examples

"This worry hangs on my mind" "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"

Used in print

(Modern Maturity, 4:6...)

As for me , I am holding in reserve two huge puzzles ( I love puzzles ) to put_together when time hangs heavy on my hands .

Related terms

be brood

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[ verb ] hold on tightly or tenaciously

Synonyms

cling

Examples

"hang on to your father's hands" "The child clung to his mother's apron"

Related terms

grasp

8
[ verb ] give heed (to)

Examples

"The children in the audience attended the recital quietly" "She hung on his every word" "They paid attention to everything he said"

Used in print

(Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)

So they stayed quiet and hung not on what he said but on how he said it , not listening exactly , but rather , feeling .

9
[ verb ] be suspended or poised

Examples

"Heavy fog hung over the valley"

Related terms

suspension

10
[ noun ] a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
11
[ verb ] be exhibited

Examples

"Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum"

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6599
13
[ verb ] decorate or furnish with something suspended

Examples

"Hang wallpaper"

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decorate hanging

14
[ noun ] a special way of doing something

Synonyms

knack bent

Examples

"he had a bent for it" "he had a special knack for getting into trouble" "he couldn't get the hang of it"

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endowment

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[ verb ] place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction

Examples

"hang a door"

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fasten

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[ verb ] (law) prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury

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obstruct

17
[ verb ] be placed in position as by a hinge

Examples

"This cabinet door doesn't hang right!"

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[ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 3171
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[ verb ] of meat, in order to get a gamey taste

Examples

"hang the venison for a few days"

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decompose

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[ noun ] (clothing) the way a garment hangs

Examples

"he adjusted the hang of his coat"

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fit

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