hang

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Contents 1 Pronunciation 2 Verb 2.1 Synonyms 2.2 Related words and phrases 3 Verb2

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Plain form hang

Third person singular hangs

Simple past hung

Past participle hung

Present participle hanging

1. 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.

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• suspend

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• hanger
• coat hanger

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Plain form hang

Third-person singular hangs

Past tense hanged

Past participle hanged

Present participle hanging

1. When you 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.