Hang

Quick meaning: Hang is a verb meaning (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.

Meaning

(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
2. (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
3. (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
4. (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
5. (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
6. (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.
7. (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

to hang a door

He hung his head in shame.

The smoke hung in the room.

The lights hung from the ceiling.

Word Forms

• hangs
• hanging
• hanged
• hangest
• hangedst
• hangeth

Synonyms for hang

Depending on context, synonyms include dangle, float, hover, lynch, swing, hang around.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hang up, bent, flow, fall, knack, attend.

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