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US
/ˈhæŋ/
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[ UK /hˈæŋ/ ]
[ UK /hˈæŋ/ ]
VERB
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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 -
let drop or droop
Hang one's head in shame -
give heed (to)
The children in the audience attended the recital quietly
They attended to everything he said
She hung on his every word -
hold on tightly or tenaciously
hang on to your father's hands
The child clung to his mother's apron -
kill by hanging
The murderer was hanged on Friday -
decorate or furnish with something suspended
Hang wallpaper -
be suspended or poised
Heavy fog hung over the valley -
be placed in position as by a hinge
This cabinet door doesn't hang right! -
place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
hang a door - prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
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be suspended or hanging
The flag hung on the wall -
suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
hang the venison for a few days -
be exhibited
Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum -
be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
The cloud of suspicion hangs over her
This worry hangs on my mind
NOUN
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a special way of doing something
he had a special knack for getting into trouble
he couldn't get the hang of it
he had a bent for it - a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
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the way a garment hangs
he adjusted the hang of his coat
How To Use hang In A Sentence
- Things have changed a lot since the days of diaries. The Sun
- Deefer took others off to see if there might not be a few plump wherries in the hills; they would make a nice change from the tough herdbeast meat, the supply of which was now virtually ex - hausted. Nerilka's Story
- The formation of coral terraces is interpreted as the product of approximately uniform long-term uplift superimposed on eustatic changes in sea level.
- But they have an undeniable gentleness and elephantine beauty about them, with their hanging folds of skin and ponderous outlook on life.
- The right back found himself in unfamiliar territory in the opposing penalty area after a swift exchange of passes that opened up Reading's defence. Times, Sunday Times
- Hillary's woman problem is that her reach among women over 30 I don't want to use the term older women is unlikely to change much. Hillary's Woman Problem Part II
- One in 20 changed their marital status to appeal to employers and five per cent falsely claimed to play golf. The Sun
- The play is a little overlong and would benefit from cuts, but each scene is interesting and changes are smoothly executed.
- In this regard, I offer a few guesses about some general directions in which statistical physics may change.
- So weeding out potential jurors with unchangeable views on guilt or innocence has the elaborateness of celebrity trials like that of O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted at the same courthouse in 1995. Jackson jury Q&A tests media's grip
