hang

Definitions of hang in various dictionaries:

noun - a special way of doing something

noun - the way a garment hangs

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

verb - be suspended or hanging

verb - cause to be hanging or suspended

verb - kill by hanging

verb - let drop or droop

verb - fall or flow in a certain way

verb - be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive

verb - give heed (to)

verb - be suspended or poised

verb - hold on tightly or tenaciously

verb - be exhibited

verb - prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury

verb - decorate or furnish with something suspended

verb - be placed in position as by a hinge

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

verb - suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste

To fasten from above with no support from below; suspend.

To suspend or fasten so as to allow free movement at or about the point of suspension: hang a door.

To execute by suspending by the neck: They hanged the prisoner at dawn.

To fix or attach at an appropriate angle: hang a scythe to its handle.

To alter the hem of (a garment) so as to fall evenly at a specified height.

To furnish, decorate, or appoint by suspending objects around or about: hang a room with curtains.

To hold or incline downward; let droop: hang one’s head in sorrow.

To attach to a wall: hang wallpaper.

To display, as in a gallery or an office: hung four new paintings in the foyer.

To give (a nickname or label) to someone.

To deadlock (a jury) by failing to render a unanimous verdict.

To throw (a pitch) in such a manner as to fail to break.

To be attached from above with no support from below.

To die as a result of hanging.

To remain suspended or poised over a place or an object; hover: rain clouds hanging low over the corn fields.

To attach oneself as a dependent or an impediment; cling.

To incline downward; droop.

To depend: Everything hangs on the committee’s decision.

To pay strict attention: a student who hangs on the professor’s every word.

To remain unresolved or uncertain: His future hung in the balance.

To fit the body in loose lines: a dress that hangs well.

To be on display, as in a gallery.

To fail to break or move in the intended way, as a curve ball.

To be imminent; loom: the threat hanging over us.

To be or become burdensome: Time hung heavy on my hands.

The way in which something hangs.

A downward inclination or slope.

Particular meaning or significance.

The proper method for doing, using, or handling something: finally got the hang of it.

A suspension of motion; a slackening.

To spend time idly; loiter.

To persevere: decided to hang in despite his illness.

To cling tightly to something.

To continue persistently; persevere.

To keep a telephone connection open.

To wait for a short period of time.

To spend one’s free time in a certain place: “a group of boys who hung out together around what they called ‘Barry’s Corner’” (Linda Ellerbee).

To pass time idly; loiter: spent the evening just hanging out.

To keep company; date: hanging out with a former boyfriend.

To stand united; stick together: “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately” (Benjamin Franklin).

To constitute a coherent totality: diverse plot lines that did not hang together.

To suspend on a hook or hanger.

To replace (a telephone receiver) on its base or cradle.

To end a telephone conversation.

To delay or impede; hinder: Budget problems hung up the project for months.

To become halted or snagged: The fishing line hung up on a rock.

To have or cause to have emotional difficulties or inhibitions.

To replace (a telephone receiver) on its base or cradle.

To end a telephone conversation.

To delay or impede; hinder: Budget problems hung up the project for months.

To become halted or snagged: The fishing line hung up on a rock.

To have or cause to have emotional difficulties or inhibitions.

To delay: “They are people who hung fire even through the bloody days of the Hungarian Revolution” (Mark Muro).

To persevere despite difficulties; persist: She hung in there despite pressure to resign.

To be completely relaxed.

In all other senses of the word, hung is the preferred form as past tense and past participle.

adj - to attach from above only [v HUNG or HANGED, HANGING, HANGS] : HANGABLE