hang

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v. hung (esp. for4,5,20,24)hanged, hang•ing,

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

2) to attach or suspend so as to allow free movement:

to hang a door[/ex]

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

4) to execute by suspending from a gallows, gibbet, or the like:

to hang a convicted murderer[/ex]

5) to suspend by the neck until dead:

He committed suicide by hanging himself[/ex]

6) to furnish or decorate with something suspended:

to hang a room with pictures[/ex]

7) to fasten into position; fix at a proper angle:

to hang a scythe[/ex]

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

9) fia

a) to exhibit (a painting or group of paintings)

b) to put the paintings of (an art exhibition) on the wall of a gallery

10) to attach or annex as an addition:

to hang a rider on a bill[/ex]

11) to make (something) dependent on something else:

She hung the meaning of her puns on the current political scene[/ex]

12) spog to throw (a baseball pitch) so that it fails to break, as a curve

13) (used in mild curses and emphatic expressions, often as a euphemism for damn):

Well, I'll be hanged![/ex]

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

15) to be suspended; dangle

16) to swing freely, as on a hinge

17) to incline downward, jut out, or lean over or forward

18) to be suspended by the neck, as from a gallows, and suffer death in this way

19) to be conditioned or contingent; be dependent:

Our future hangs on the outcome of their discussion[/ex]

20) to be doubtful or undecided; waver or hesitate

21) to remain unfinished or undecided; be delayed

22) to linger, remain, or persist

23) to float or hover in the air

24) to be oppressive, burdensome, or tedious:

guilt that hangs on one's conscience[/ex]

25) to fit or drape in graceful lines:

That coat hangs well in back[/ex]

26) fia

a) to be exhibited:

Her works hang in this museum[/ex]

b) to have one's works on display:

Rembrandt hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art[/ex]

27) cvb inf to hang out

28) phv inf hang around or about, Informal

a) to spend time in a certain place or in certain company

b) to linger about; loiter

29) phv hang back

to hesitate or be reluctant to move forward or take action

30) phv+sts hang in (there), Informal. to persevere or endure

31) phv hang on

a) to cling tightly

b) to persevere in doing something

c) to persist unremittingly, as an illness

d) to keep a telephone line open:

Hang on, I'll see if she's here[/ex]

e) to wait briefly; keep calm

f) to listen very attentively to:

They hung on his every word[/ex]

32) phv hang out

a) to lean out, suspend, or be suspended, as through an opening

b) Informal. to loiter idly; frequent a place

c) Informal. to associate in casual companionship

33) phv hang over

a) to remain unfinished or unsettled

b) to menace; overshadow

34) phv hang up

a) to suspend, as on a hook

b) to stop or delay the progress of

c) to end a telephone call by breaking the connection

35) the way in which a thing hangs

36) inf Informal. the precise manner of doing, using, etc., something; knack

37) inf Informal. meaning or significance:

to get the hang of a subject[/ex]

38) 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[/ex]

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- hang a left (or right) hang fire hang it up hang loose hang one on hang together hang tough

Etymology: bef. 900; fusion of 3 verbs: (1) ME, OE hōn to hang (v.t.), c. OOHG hāhan, Go hāhan; (2) ME hang(i) en, OE hangian to hang (v.i.), c. OS hangon, OHG hangēn; (3) ME hengen < ON hengja to hang (v.t.) hang′a•ble, adj. hang`a•bil′i•ty, n. usage: hanged the historically older form of the past tense and past participle, is rarely used except in the sense of putting to death, esp. legally: to be hanged by the neck until dead. But hung also occurs in this sense, except in legal documents, and is actually the more frequent form when legal execution is not meant: The prisoner hung himself in his cell. This use of hung is sometimes considered incorrect.