Noun | 1. | hang - a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it" |
2. | hang - the way a garment hangs; "he adjusted the hang of his coat" | |
3. | hang - a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms | |
Verb | 1. | hang - be suspended or hanging; "The flag hung on the wall" |
2. | hang - cause to be hanging or suspended; "Hang that picture on the wall" Synonyms: hang up | |
3. | hang - kill by hanging; "The murdered was hanged on Friday" Synonyms: string up | |
4. | hang - let drop or droop; "Hang one's head in shame" | |
5. | hang - fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back" | |
6. | hang - be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her" | |
7. | hang - give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said" | |
8. | hang - be suspended or poised; "Heavy fog hung over the valley" | |
9. | hang - hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron" Synonyms: cling | |
10. | hang - be exhibited; "Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum" | |
11. | hang - prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury | |
12. | hang - decorate or furnish with something suspended; "Hang wallpaper" | |
13. | hang - be placed in position as by a hinge; "This cabinet door doesn't hang right!" | |
14. | hang - place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction; "hang a door" | |
15. | hang - of meat, in order to get a gamey taste; "hang the venison for a few days" |
1. | hang - To wait for an event that will never occur. "The system is hanging because it can't read from the crashed drive". See wedged, hung. | ||
2. | hang - To wait for some event to occur; to hang around until something happens. "The program displays a menu and then hangs until you type a character." Compare block. | ||
3. | hang - To attach a peripheral device, especially in the construction "hang off": "We're going to hang another tape drive off the file server." Implies a device attached with cables, rather than something that is strictly inside the machine's chassis. |