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hang
hÃĻng
hāng
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "hang"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻā§āϞāĻžāύ⧋, āϟāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧋

to attach something to a higher point so that it is supported from above and can swing freely
Transitive
to hang definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He hung his coat on the hook by the door before entering the house.
āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻšā§āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āϟ āϟāĻžāĻ™āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĢāĻžāρāϏāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĢāĻžāρāϏāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁āĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to kill a person by holding them in the air with a rope tied around their neck
to hang definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In some countries, it is still legal to hang someone as a form of capital punishment.
2.1

āĻĢāĻžāρāϏāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĢāĻžāρāϏāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻā§āϞāĻžāύ⧋

to be killed by being held in the air with a rope around one's neck
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the Salem witch trials, many of those accused of witchcraft were hanged, a tragic consequence of mass hysteria and injustice.
āϏāĻžāϞ⧇āĻŽ āĻĄāĻžāχāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻĄāĻžāχāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻĢāĻžāρāϏāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āĻ—āĻŖ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻā§āϞāĻžāύ⧋, āĻā§āϞ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to be positioned in a way that the top part is fixed or connected to something, but the bottom part can move freely without touching the ground
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The curtains hung beautifully from the windows, adding elegance to the room.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻā§āϞāĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϘāϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§ƒāĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

to decorate, furnish, or adorn by suspending objects

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She hung the walls with tapestries.
05

to remain suspended or drape in a particular manner

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Clouds hung low in the sky.
06

to loom in a threatening, weighty, or ominous manner

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Uncertainty hung over the negotiations.
07

to hold or cling firmly

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child hung to his mother's hand.
08

to pay attention

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He hung on her advice carefully.
09

to suspend meat to develop a stronger, gamey flavor

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Venison is traditionally hung to improve taste.
10

(of a jury) to fail to reach a verdict

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The trial ended because the jury hung.
11

to display or exhibit

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They hung posters advertising the concert.
12

āĻā§āϞāĻžāύ⧋, āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to attach wallpaper on a wall
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She plans to hang the new pattern in the bedroom.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύāϟāĻŋ āĻļā§‹āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϘāϰ⧇ āϟāĻžāĻ™āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
13

āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚ āφāωāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋

to relax or spend time with others casually
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They hung at the skate park all afternoon.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϟ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚, āϧāĻžāϤāĻŦ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āϝāϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ

a musical instrument that consists of a metal shape that is curved outward and is played by hand
hang definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hang produces soothing, melodic sounds.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚ soothing, melodic āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

a gymnastic position or exercise in which the body is suspended and supported by the arms on rings, a horizontal bar, or parallel bars

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He practiced the hang daily to improve his upper-body strength.
03

a distinctive or specialized way of doing something

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef 's hang in cutting vegetables is impressively precise.
01

in a perplexing, confusing, or bewildering way

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He answered the question hang, causing more confusion.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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