Defenition of the word hang

• Defenition of the word hang

  • To listen or give attention to.
  • To be or remain suspended.
  • To kill by hanging.
  • To cause to be hanging or suspended.
  • give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They paid attention to everything he said"
  • 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"
  • hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
  • the way a garment hangs; "he adjusted the hang of his coat"
  • of 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!"
  • be suspended or poised; "Heavy fog hung over the valley"
  • be suspended or hanging; "The flag hung on the wall"
  • decorate or furnish with something suspended; "Hang wallpaper"
  • let drop or droop; "Hang one's head in shame"
  • prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
  • be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"
  • be exhibited; "Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum"
  • fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
  • cause to be hanging or suspended; "Hang that picture on the wall"
  • kill by hanging; "The murdered was hanged on Friday"
  • a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast''s weight is supported by the arms
  • 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"
  • hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father''s hands"; "The child clung to his mother''s apron"
  • be placed in position as by a hinge; "This cabinet door doesn''t hang right!"
  • let drop or droop; "Hang one''s head in shame"
  • give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"
  • 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
  • a special way of doing something
  • suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
  • hold on tightly or tenaciously
  • cause to be hanging or suspended
  • place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
  • be placed in position as by a hinge
  • be suspended or poised
  • be suspended or hanging
  • fall or flow in a certain way
  • decorate or furnish with something suspended
  • let drop or droop
  • give heed (to)
  • kill by hanging
  • be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
  • be exhibited

Synonyms for the word hang

• • advert
  • attend
  • be suspended
  • bent
  • cling
  • dangle
  • drape
  • droop
  • execute by hanging
  • fall
  • flow
  • give ear
  • hang up
  • knack
  • lynch
  • pay attention
  • pay heed
  • sling
  • string up
  • suspend
  • suspend by the neck

Similar words in the hang

• • hang
  • hangar
  • hangar's
  • hangars
  • hangdog
  • hanged
  • hanger
  • hanger's
  • hangers
  • hanging
  • hanging's
  • hangings
  • hangman
  • hangman's
  • hangmen
  • hangnail
  • hangnail's
  • hangnails
  • hangout
  • hangout's
  • hangouts
  • hangovers
  • hangs
  • hangul
  • hangul's
  • hangzhou

Hyponyms for the word hang

• • beetle
  • bent hang
  • brood
  • bulk large
  • dangle
  • drop
  • fixate
  • gibbet
  • halter
  • hover
  • inverted hang
  • lever hang
  • loom
  • overhang
  • reverse hang
  • sling
  • straight hang
  • suspend
  • swing

Hypernyms for the word hang

• • adorn
  • be
  • beautify
  • block
  • blockade
  • decompose
  • decorate
  • drop
  • embarrass
  • embellish
  • endowment
  • execute
  • fasten
  • fit
  • fix
  • gift
  • grace
  • grasp
  • grip
  • gymnastic exercise
  • hinder
  • hold on
  • listen
  • molder
  • moulder
  • natural endowment
  • obstruct
  • ornament
  • put to death
  • rot
  • secure
  • stymie
  • stymy
  • talent

Idioms for the word hang

• • hang a left
  • hang a right
  • hang about
  • hang around
  • hang back
  • hang fire
  • hang-glider
  • hang in
  • hang in the balance
  • hang in there
  • hang it
  • hang off
  • hang on
  • hang onto
  • hang out
  • hang out to dry
  • hang ten
  • hang together
  • hang tough
  • hang up
  • I'll be hanged
  • leave hanging

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