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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
- 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
- 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.
- In this regard, I offer a few guesses about some general directions in which statistical physics may change.
- The play is a little overlong and would benefit from cuts, but each scene is interesting and changes are smoothly executed.
- 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 net result of all these changes is that schools should be able to deliver a better service to pupils.
