Hang

/ˈhæŋ/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To be or remain suspended..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
2. (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
3. (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
4. (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
5. (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
6. (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
7. (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
8. (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.

Example Sentences

The lights hung from the ceiling.

On the dark-green walls hung a series of eight engravings, portraits of early Victorian belles, clad in lace and tarletan ball dresses, clipped from an old Book of Beauty. Mrs. Bunting was very fond of these pictures; she thought they gave the drawing-room a note of elegance and refinement.

The smoke hung in the room.

It was a couple of days after the crash, with the smell of burning still hanging in the air from the incinerated wreckage of Coach H, where 31 passengers lost their lives, when I visited the West London site.

The jockey claimed that the horse hung towards the outside[…]

He hung his head in shame.

Hang those lights from the ceiling.

to hang a door

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