hang

Pronunciation

• enPR: hăng, IPA ^(key): /hæŋ/

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Verb

Plain form hang

Third-person singular hangs

Past tense hung

Past participle hung

Present participle hanging

a man hanging (sense 1) a picture

1. (transitive & intransitive) When you hang things, you put something above the ground and with no support below using rope, wire, or some other means.

   Now, I hang this picture on the wall.

   I hung the picture on the wall yesterday.

   The picture was still hanging on the wall this morning.

   He hung onto the rope so that he would not fall.

Synonyms

• suspend

Related words and phrases

• hanger
• coat hanger

Verb

Plain form hang

Third-person singular hangs

Past tense hanged

Past participle hanged

Present participle hanging

1. When a 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.