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- Dictionaryhang/haŋ/
verb
- 1. suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free: "that's where people are supposed to hang their washing" Similar Opposite
- 2. kill (someone) by tying a rope attached from above around their neck and removing the support from beneath them (often used as a form of capital punishment): "he was hanged for murder" Similar
noun
- 1. a downward droop or bend: "the bullish hang of his head"
exclamation
- 1. used to express a range of strong emotions from enthusiasm to anger: dated South African, New Zealand "hang, but I loved those soldiers!"
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to kill someone, especially as punishment for a serious crime, by dropping them with a rope tied around their neck, or to die in this way: He was found guilty and hanged later that year. With so little evidence to prove her guilt, few people thought she should hang. The woman tried to hang her self with a sheet. See also. hangman (PERSON)
The meaning of HANG is to fasten to some elevated point without support from below : suspend. How to use hang in a sentence. Hanged vs. Hung: Usage Guide
to attach or suspend so as to allow free movement: to hang a pendulum. to place in position or fasten so as to allow easy or ready movement. to put to death by suspending by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, yardarm, or the like. to suspend (oneself) by the neck until dead: He hanged himself from a beam in the attic.
vb, hangs, hanging or hung ( hʌŋ) 1. to fasten or be fastened from above, esp by a cord, chain, etc; suspend: the picture hung on the wall; to hang laundry. 2. to place or be placed in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement around or at the place of suspension: to hang a door.
Hang is used in expressions such as hang it and hang the money to indicate that you are not concerned about something or the consequences of doing something.
HANG definition: 1. to fasten something so that the top part is fixed but the lower part is free to move, or to be…. Learn more.
attach from top. [transitive, intransitive] to attach something, or to be attached, at the top so that the lower part is free or loose. hang something + adv./prep. Hang your coat on the hook. Activists hung a banner from the roof of the building.