Hang
/hæɳ/
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Definition
Verb:
- To suspend or attach something from above with no support from below: The primary meaning of "hang" is to attach something so that its lower part is free.
- To kill someone by suspending them by the neck: This specific use (past tense and past participle often "hanged") refers to execution or suicide by suspension.
- To remain in the air; to float or hover: "Hang" can describe something, like fog or a threat, that remains in a place.
- To attach or place something on a wall: This refers to positioning items like pictures or decorations.
- To bend forward; to droop: "Hang" can describe the downward position of one's head or hair.
Noun:
- The way something drapes or falls: "Hang" refers to the manner in which a piece of clothing or fabric falls due to gravity.
- A special method or knack for doing something: Used informally to mean the particular way of understanding or handling a task.
Examples of Usage
Verb:
- Please hang your coat on the hook. (Attach from above)
- In the past, criminals were sometimes hanged. (Executed by suspension)
- A sense of dread hung in the air. (Remained present)
- He decided to hang the new painting in the living room. (Place on a wall)
- She hung her head in shame. (Bent forward)
Noun:
- The hang of this skirt is very elegant. (The way it drapes)
- After a few tries, I finally got the hang of driving a manual car. (Understood the method)
Advanced Usage
"Hang fire": To delay or be postponed.
- The project is hanging fire until we get more funding.
"Hang in the balance": To be in an uncertain state; the outcome is undecided.
- The patient's life hung in the balance.
"Hang one's hat on something": To depend on or use something as a basis for belief or action.
- You can hang your hat on his promise; he's very reliable.
Variants and Related Words
- Hanger (n): A device or person that hangs something (e.g., a clothes hanger).
- Hanging (n/adj): The act of killing by suspending by the neck; or, something that is suspended (e.g., wall hangings).
- Overhang (n/v): A part that extends out over something else; to project over.
Synonyms
- Suspend: To hang from a point of attachment.
- Dangle: To hang or swing loosely.
- Drape: To arrange cloth or clothing in loose folds.
- Linger: To remain in a place, similar to how a smell or feeling can "hang" in the air.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Hang on: To wait; to hold tightly; to persist.
- Hang on a moment, I'll be right back.
- Hang on to the railing.
Hang out: To spend time in a place casually.
- We like to hang out at the cafe.
Hang up: To end a phone call; to place on a hook or hanger.
- She hung up the phone.
- He hung up his jacket.
Hang around: To loiter or spend time in a place without a specific purpose.
- Teenagers were hanging around the park.
Related Idioms
Hang by a thread: To be in a very precarious or dangerous situation.
- After the accident, his survival hung by a thread.
Hang in there: An encouragement to persevere through difficulty.
- I know it's tough, but just hang in there.
Hang your head: To look downward due to shame or embarrassment.
- He hung his head when he realized his mistake.
Let it all hang out: To behave in a very relaxed, uninhibited way.
- At the party, everyone just let it all hang out.
Noun
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- the way a garment hangs
- he adjusted the hang of his coat
- 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
Verb
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
- hang the venison for a few days
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
- hang a door
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- This cabinet door doesn't hang right!
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- Hang wallpaper
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- be exhibited
- Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- hang on to your father's hands
- The child clung to his mother's apron
- be suspended or poised
- Heavy fog hung over the valley
- give heed (to)
- The children in the audience attended the recital quietly
- She hung on his every word
- They attended to everything he said
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- This worry hangs on my mind
- The cloud of suspicion hangs over her
- fall or flow in a certain way
- This dress hangs well
- Her long black hair flowed down her back
- let drop or droop
- Hang one's head in shame
- kill by hanging
- The murderer was hanged on Friday
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- Hang that picture on the wall
- be suspended or hanging
- The flag hung on the wall