hang

Part of speech: verb

To support by attachment to something above; suspend; also, to suspend something on.

Part of speech: verb

To execute on the gallows ( with pp. hanged).

Part of speech: verb

To droop, swing, wave, or flutter from any support.

Part of speech: verb

To suffer death by the gallows.

Part of speech: verb

To depend; wait; cling; hover; rest.

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Usage examples "hang":

  1. Those flowers prevent him which Trude has placed at his bed- side, and the leaves of which hang right over the edge of the bed. - "The Silent Mill", Hermann Sudermann.
  2. And, hang it, I'm not so old! - "The Man Upstairs and Other Stories", P. G. Wodehouse.
  3. Hang on, I'll get you the number. - "Life Blood", Thomas Hoover.