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hang

English

  1. 🔊 a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
  2. 🔊 the way a garment hangs
    “he adjusted the hang of his coat”
  3. 🔊 a special way of doing something
    “he had a bent for it”
  4. 🔊 suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
    “hang the venison for a few days”
  5. 🔊 cause to be hanging or suspended
    “Hang that picture on the wall”
  6. 🔊 place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
    “hang a door”
  7. 🔊 be placed in position as by a hinge
    “This cabinet door doesn't hang right!”
  8. 🔊 be suspended or poised
    “Heavy fog hung over the valley”
  9. 🔊 be suspended or hanging
    “The flag hung on the wall”
  10. 🔊 fall or flow in a certain way
    “This dress hangs well”
  11. 🔊 decorate or furnish with something suspended
    “Hang wallpaper”
  12. 🔊 let drop or droop
    “Hang one's head in shame”
  13. 🔊 kill by hanging
    “The murderer was hanged on Friday”
  14. 🔊 prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
  15. 🔊 be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
    “This worry hangs on my mind”
  16. 🔊 be exhibited
    “Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum”
  17. 🔊 hold on tightly or tenaciously
    “hang on to your father's hands”
  18. 🔊 give heed (to)
    “The children in the audience attended the recital quietly”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 colgar to hang
  2. 🔊 enforcar to hang
  3. 🔊 pender to hang, dangle

Similar words

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