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Definition of 'Hang'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) hang
to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.

2.  hang
to attach or suspend so as to allow free movement:
to hang a door.

3.  hang
to place in position or fasten so as to allow easy or ready movement.

4.  hang
to execute by suspending from a gallows, gibbet, or the like:
to hang a convicted murderer.

5.  hang
to suspend by the neck until dead:
He committed suicide by hanging himself.

6.  hang
to furnish or decorate with something suspended:
to hang a room with pictures.

7.  hang
to fasten into position; fix at a proper angle:
to hang a scythe.

8.  hang
to fasten or attach (wallpaper, pictures, curtains, etc.) to a wall or the like.

9.  hang
to exhibit (a painting or group of paintings).

10.  hang
to put the paintings of (an art exhibition) on the wall of a gallery.

11.  hang
to attach or annex as an addition:
to hang a rider on a bill.

12.  hang
to make (something) dependent on something else:
She hung the meaning of her puns on the current political scene.

13.  hang
to throw (a baseball pitch) so that it fails to break, as a curve.

14.  hang
(used in mild curses and emphatic expressions, often as a euphemism for damn):
Well, I'll be hanged!

15.  hang
to keep (a jury) from rendering a verdict, as one juror by refusing to agree with the others.

16. (v.i.) hang
to be suspended; dangle.

17.  hang
to swing freely, as on a hinge.

18.  hang
to incline downward, jut out, or lean over or forward.

19.  hang
to be suspended by the neck, as from a gallows, and suffer death in this way.

20.  hang
to be conditioned or contingent; be dependent:
Our future hangs on the outcome of their discussion.

21.  hang
to be doubtful or undecided; waver or hesitate.

22.  hang
to remain unfinished or undecided; be delayed.

23.  hang
to linger, remain, or persist.

24.  hang
to float or hover in the air.

25.  hang
to be oppressive, burdensome, or tedious:
guilt that hangs on one's conscience.

26.  hang
to fit or drape in graceful lines:
That coat hangs well in back.

27.  hang
to be exhibited:
Her works hang in this museum.

28.  hang
to have one's works on display:
Rembrandt hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

29.  hang
hang around or about,Informal.

30.  hang
to spend time in a certain place or in certain company.

31.  hang
to linger about; loiter.

32.  hang
hang back,

33.  hang
to hesitate or be reluctant to move forward or take action.

34.  hang
Informal. to persevere or endure.

35.  hang
hang on,

36.  hang
to cling tightly.

37.  hang
to persevere in doing something.

38.  hang
to persist unremittingly, as an illness.

39.  hang
to keep a telephone line open:
Hang on, I'll see if she's here.

40.  hang
to wait briefly; keep calm.

41.  hang
to listen very attentively to:
They hung on his every word.

42.  hang
to lean out, suspend, or be suspended, as through an opening.

43.  hang
Informal. to loiter idly; frequent a place.

44.  hang
Informal. to associate in casual companionship.

45.  hang
hang over,

46.  hang
to remain unfinished or unsettled.

47.  hang
to menace; overshadow.

48.  hang
hang up,

49.  hang
to suspend, as on a hook.

50.  hang
to stop or delay the progress of.

51.  hang
to end a telephone call by breaking the connection.

52. (n.) hang
the way in which a thing hangs.

53.  hang
Informal. the precise manner of doing, using, etc., something; knack.

54.  hang
Informal. meaning or significance:
to get the hang of a subject.

55.  hang
the least degree of care, concern, etc. (used in mild curses and emphatic expressions as a euphemism for damn)
: He doesn't give a hang about it.

56.  hang
(of a weapon) to be delayed in exploding or firing.

57.  hang
to be kept in a state of delay.

58.  hang
to become very drunk.

59.  hang
to hit (someone).

60.  hang
to be loyal to one another; remain united.

61.  hang
to cohere.

62.  hang
to be logical or consistent.

Definition of 'Hang'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bent, knack, hang
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"

2. (noun) hang
the way a garment hangs
"he adjusted the hang of his coat"

3. (verb) hang
a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms

4. (verb) hang
be suspended or hanging
"The flag hung on the wall"

5. (verb) hang, hang up
cause to be hanging or suspended
"Hang that picture on the wall"

6. (verb) hang, string up
kill by hanging
"The murderer was hanged on Friday"

7. (verb) hang
let drop or droop
"Hang one's head in shame"

8. (verb) hang, fall, flow
fall or flow in a certain way
"This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

9. (verb) hang
be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
"This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"

10. (verb) attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear
give heed (to)
"The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"

11. (verb) hang
be suspended or poised
"Heavy fog hung over the valley"

12. (verb) cling, hang
hold on tightly or tenaciously
"hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"

13. (verb) hang
be exhibited
"Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum"

14. (verb) hang
prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury

15. (verb) hang
decorate or furnish with something suspended
"Hang wallpaper"

16. (verb) hang
be placed in position as by a hinge
"This cabinet door doesn't hang right!"

17. (verb) hang
place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
"hang a door"

18. (verb) hang
suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
"hang the venison for a few days"

Definition of 'Hang'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) hang
to attach or be attached at the top with the bottom not attached
Hang your coats on the hooks.; Where should I hang this picture?; a rope hanging from the tree branch

2. hang
to kill sb by hanging them from a rope around their neck
He hanged himself.

3. hang
to be suspended in the air
smoke hanging in the air above the houses

4. (noun) hang
have/get the hang of
to learn how to do
It takes a few days to get the hang of it.

Definition of 'Hang'

Webster Dictionary

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

2. (noun) Hang
connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse

3. (noun) Hang
a sharp or steep declivity or slope

4. (verb) Hang
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

5. (verb) Hang
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

6. (verb) Hang
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

7. (verb) Hang
to put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer

8. (verb) Hang
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

9. (verb) Hang
to paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room

10. (verb) Hang
to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame

11. (verb) Hang
to be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay

12. (verb) Hang
to be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or points of suspension

13. (verb) Hang
to die or be put to death by suspension from the neck

14. (verb) Hang
to hold for support; to depend; to cling; -- usually with on or upon; as, this question hangs on a single point

15. (verb) Hang
to be, or be like, a suspended weight

16. (verb) Hang
to hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over; as, evils hang over the country

17. (verb) Hang
to lean or incline; to incline downward

18. (verb) Hang
to slope down; as, hanging grounds

19. (verb) Hang
to be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed

Definitions of 'Hang'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. Hang
1. [very common] To wait for an event that will never occur. “The system is hanging because it can't read from the crashed drive”. See wedged, hung.

2. To wait for some event to occur; to hang around until something happens. “The program displays a menu and then hangs until you type a character.” Compare block.

3. To attach a peripheral device, esp. in the construction ‘hang off’: “We're going to hang another tape drive off the file server.” Implies a device attached with cables, rather than something that is strictly inside the machine's chassis.

Translation of 'Hang'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to put or fix, or to be put or fixed, above the ground eg by a hook We'll hang the picture on that wall; The picture is hanging on the wall.
Afrikaans: hang, ophang	Arabic: يُعَلِّق	Bulgarian: закачам
Brazilian: pendurar	Czech: pověsit; viset	German: hängen
Danish: hænge	Greek: κρεμώ, κρέμομαι	Spanish: colgar
Estonian: riputama, rippuma	Farsi: آويزان كردن	Finnish: ripustaa
French: suspendre,être accroché	Hebrew: לִתלוֹת	Hindi: लटकाना, टांकना, काटना
Croatian: ovjesiti (sliku na zid)	Hungarian: felakaszt; függ	Indonesian: menggantung
Icelandic: hengja	Italian: appendere, attaccare	Japanese: 掛ける
Korean: 걸다, 매달다	Lithuanian: kabinti, kaboti	Latvian: []kārt; uzkārt; karāties
Malay: gantung	Dutch: (op)hangen	Norwegian: henge
Polish: wieszać, powiesić	Persian: آويزان كردن	Pashto: ځړول ( په دار ) وژل ، ځړو
Portuguese: pendurar	Romanian: a atârna, a fi atârnat	Russian: вешать
Slovak: zavesiť; visieť	Slovenian: obesiti, viseti	Serbian: obesiti
Swedish: hänga	Thai: แขวน	Turkish: asmak, asılı durmak
Taiwanese: 懸掛	Ukrainian: висіти; вішати	Urdu: کیل کے سہارے لگانا، لٹکان
Vietnamese: treo; mắc	Chinese: 悬挂
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