 hang |
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| 1. | [ verb ] be suspended or hanging | |
| Examples: | "The flag hung on the wall" |
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| Related terms: | dangle overhang hanging | |
| 2. | [ verb ] cause to be hanging or suspended | |
| Synonyms: | hang_up | |
| Examples: | "Hang that picture on the wall" |
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| Related terms: | fasten suspend hanging hanger | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (law) kill by hanging | |
| Synonyms: | string_up | |
| Examples: | "The murdered was hanged on Friday" |
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| Related terms: | execute halter gibbet hanging | |
| 4. | [ verb ] let drop or droop | |
| Examples: | "Hang one's head in shame" |
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| 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" |
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| 6. | [ verb ] be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive | |
| Examples: | "This worry hangs on my mind" "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her" |
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| Related terms: | be brood | |
| 7. | [ verb ] hold on tightly or tenaciously | |
| Synonyms: | cling | |
| Examples: | "hang on to your father's hands" "The child clung to his mother's apron" |
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| Related terms: | grasp | |
| 8. | [ verb ] give heed (to) | |
| Synonyms: | pay_attention give_ear attend pay_heed advert | |
| Examples: | "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly" "She hung on his every word" "They paid attention to everything he said" |
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| Related terms: | listen fixate attention hearer attention advertence | |
| 9. | [ verb ] be suspended or poised | |
| Examples: | "Heavy fog hung over the valley" |
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| 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 | |
| Related terms: | gymnastic_exercise lever_hang inverted_hang reverse_hang straight_hang bent_hang | |
| 11. | [ verb ] be exhibited | |
| Examples: | "Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum" |
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| 12. | [ 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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| Related terms: | 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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| Related terms: | endowment | |
| 15. | [ 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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| Related terms: | fasten | |
| 16. | [ verb ] (law) prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury | |
| Related terms: | obstruct | |
| 17. | [ verb ] be placed in position as by a hinge | |
| Examples: | "This cabinet door doesn't hang right!" |
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| 18. | [ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 3171 | |
| 19. | [ verb ] of meat, in order to get a gamey taste | |
| Examples: | "hang the venison for a few days" |
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| Related terms: | decompose | |
| 20. | [ noun ] (clothing) the way a garment hangs | |
| Examples: | "he adjusted the hang of his coat" |
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| Related terms: | fit | |
| Similar spelling: |
haying Hains Haynes haunch Haines Hannahs Hwang Huang Hoang Hans hank |
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