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Meaning hang meaning

What does hang mean?
Definitions in simple English

hang Verb

— When you hang things, you suspend them in the air using rope, wire, or some other means. Now, I hang this picture on the wall. I hung the picture on the wall yesterday. The picture was still hanging on the wall this morning. He hung onto the rope so that he would not fall.

hang Verb

— When a person is held in the air by a rope around his/her neck until dead, the person is hanged. Some states and nations hanged people as punishment for murdering of another.

hang

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

Synonyms hang synonyms

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hang English » English

suspend dangle hang up suspended hook droop hang down swing sag put up string up lower be hanging be suspended attach knack hanging fasten cling tie sway strangle pull down pay heed loll kill by hanging hook on hoist give ear flow fall execute by hanging drape decorate bent attend advert wear tie up subside stoop sling settle set secure place pend hung hover hitch on

Topics hang topics

What do people use hang to talk about?
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction Lift

Hang
Person Life Die

Kill
Social behavior Law Punish

Execute
Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Door
Physical actions Posture

Move a part of the body
Physical actions Move something

Cover
Physical actions Arrange Put

Load, pile
Physical actions Move Not moving

Wait
Daily life Cleaning

Wash clothes
Universe, creation World Substance, matter

Soil, dirt
Universe, creation Animal Animal actions

Animal movement
Language and thought Think Mind

Logical
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Determined
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sorry

Ashamed
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Worried
Language and thought Communication Mass communication

Telephone

  • What words refer to ending a telephone call?
    hang up
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Uncertain
Grammar Connected with, related

Dependency relations

Conjugation hang conjugation

How do you conjugate hang?

hang · verb

Examples hang examples

How do I use hang in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Can I talk to Ryoko again before you hang up?
I always have fun when I hang out with Tom.
I'll hang my coat up behind the door.
Tom confided in his friend that he was going to hang himself.
Tom told Mary he was going to hang himself.
Tom doesn't often help his mother hang up the laundry.
Hang your coat on the hook.
I've got to hang up now. Someone is waiting to use the phone.
Don't hang up yet, please.
What a gorgeous sunset! Let's hang around for a couple of minutes and watch it.
Hang on a minute. I'll call Jimmy.
Many paintings hang in the shop.
Let it hang.
I'm getting the hang of this new machine.
Where shall I hang this calendar?
Hold on a second, I'll be right back. Don't hang up!
It's a snap once you get the hang of it.
Hang up your coat, please.
May I hang up your coat?
Hang your coat in the hall please.
Please hang on. I'll put him on the phone.
Hang that picture on the wall.

Movie subtitles

Down that hall, hang a right.
So I, uh, I just came over to, you know, like rap and hang out and talk about stuff.
Do you want to hang out for a while and insult each other?
If we're not chasing Josh, then you're not going to want to hang out with me anymore.
Do you want to, like, I don't know, go to another bar, get a drink, or hang out at my place, or.
Rebecca, I would really love to hang out with you, I would, but I know what that leads to for me.
Hey, when can we hang out again?
I will hang out with you tonight, Leslie.
She hasn't let me out of her sight in over a week, and now she wants to hang out today and tonight.
NEAL: Hang on.
I hope we get to hang out again.
Hang on, just let me finish.
So, I'll sit with you for the rest of the afternoon until you get the hang of it, but honestly, it seems like you don't really need me.
Greetings from Soviet Russia. Burn all the New York magazines and hang a portrait of Lenin in my office.
It was so nice that it proudly hang on a wall in the Observatory for months and went to several international conferences.
Uh, I guess now that the. the play's over, we don't really have an excuse to hang out anymore.
Um, I'd rather just hang out, me and you.
Hang in there, okay?
Just hang on.
A dangerous battlefield is no place for a young female civilian to hang out.
Burn all the New York magazines and hang a portrait of Lenin in my office.
We hang that picture upstairs, for the lady.
Hang on, boy.
Hang on.
So you'd like to see me hang.
We'll hang posters.
No, but, jeez, none of us wanna hang, do we?
There's a rope around my neck right now, and they only hang you once.
Me and my crew hang out at the top of the slide so I can see what's going on in the whole yard, most of which I control.
That's where Frankie and his jerk-ass crew hang out.
Wait. Stop. Hang on.
As well as my wedding with Gim Hang A.
Gim Hang A.
Talk another time, Hang A.
What's your trade secret? From Gim Hang A to Jae Sin, How did you seduce them?
Hello, I'm Gim Hang A, the representative of the North for the ICC's interview. Nice to meet you.
Miss Gim Hang A, you didn't do anything wrong.
Gim Hang A's father is currently waiting for her.
What about Hang A?
Where's Hang A!

News and current affairs

This aristocratic tradition of standing above the narrow strains of ethnic nationalism may be the best argument to hang on to royalty a little longer.
Brainwashed Iraqi forces, and a regime complicit at every level in Saddam's crimes, would be fighting not to hang on to a conquest (as in the Gulf War of 1991) but to defend their homeland.
This is partly because national governments, rather than building on currency unification to turn the eurozone into an economic powerhouse, tried to hang onto their remaining power.
Mexico's own skillful success at rebuilding OPEC (boosting the value of its oil exports) contributed to good performance as did the determination to hang on to and even widen the reforms of Mr. Zedilla's predecessor, President Salinas.
The five nuclear powers continue to hang on to their weapons, giving mere lip service to their elimination.
Lenin once said that capitalists were so cynical that they would sell the Soviets the rope with which they would hang them.
The ghosts of this history still hang over in East Asia, with each country struggling to find ways to deal with the past.
Today, he runs Dragon TV, Shanghai's leading station, and advertisements featuring him hang from the city's skyscrapers.
The Jews managed to hang on to theirs for almost 2,000 years.
Cosmopolitan influentials, Merton said, tended to hang their success on their general knowledge, whereas locals relied on their friendships and connections.
But, partly because several African countries have escaped the hang-over from the global credit crisis, more investors are focusing on business opportunities there.
Needless to say, there are no such hang-ups in many of the high-growth economies of Asia.
In that sense, if in no other, all citizens of China hang together.
So Clinton, despite her so far lackluster campaign, and despite a popular perception of inauthenticity, even outright shiftiness, will probably hang on to her party and scrape through in the end.
Hang Seav Heang, 28, described the defendant as a gentle man, a good father.
Should Chairman Mao's huge portrait still hang above the front gate of Tiananmen Square?
Chen's record suggests he will hang on to his failed presidency.
Even if Bashir's fellow heads of state succeed in their effort to persuade the United Nations Security Council to defer prosecution - which is highly unlikely - the charges will continue to hang over Bashir's head unless and until he stands trial.
When Russia defaulted in August 1998, and investors began to bolt emerging markets, the U.S. and IMF decided to loan Brazil the proverbial rope to hang itself.
Opposition to globalization and market forces has often been the preferred way of trying to hang on to an idealized view of what life used to be like.
When things get tough in politics, as will happen in most of the world as we struggle with the impact of the global recession, every sensible government will try to hang on to the benefit of doubt.

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