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Definition of hang

"hang" in the noun sense

1. bent, knack, 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

"hang" in the verb sense

1. hang

be suspended or hanging

"The flag hung on the wall"

2. hang, hang up

cause to be hanging or suspended

"Hang that picture on the wall"

3. hang, string up

kill by hanging

"The murderer was hanged on Friday"

4. hang

let drop or droop

"Hang one's head in shame"

5. hang, fall, flow

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. attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear

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. cling, hang

hold on tightly or tenaciously

"hang on to your father's hands"

"The child clung to his mother's apron"

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

suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste

"hang the venison for a few days"

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Quotations for hang

Hang virtue! [ Ben Jonson ]

Hang not all on one nail. [ German Proverb ]

Hang an epitaph on her tomb. [ William Shakespeare ]

Your horns hang in your eyes. [ Proverb ]

Hang those that talk of fear. [ William Shakespeare ]

Great thieves hang little ones. [ German ]

All keys hang not on one girdle. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Sleep shall neither night nor day
Hang upon his pent-house lid. [ William Shakespeare ]

Hang sorrow! care will kill a cat,
And therefore let's be merry. [ G. Wither ]

Great weight may hang on small wires. [ Proverb ]

O! as a bee upon the flower, I hang
Upon the honey of thy eloquent tongue. [ Bulwer ]

A jealous man's horns hang in his eyes. [ Proverb ]

Hang not all your bells upon one horse. [ Proverb ]

The boughs that bears most hang lowest. [ Proverb ]

Let every herring hang by its own tail. [ Irish Proverb ]

A Kentish jury, hang half and save half. [ Proverb ]

I must go seek some dew-drops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear. [ William Shakespeare ]

Every herring must hang by his own gills. [ Proverb ]

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign.
And wretches hang that jurymen may dine. [ Pope ]

And her sunny locks
Hang on her temples like a golden fleece. [ William Shakespeare ]

All the keys hang not at one man's girdle. [ Proverb ]

Hang-head Bluebell.
Bending like Moses' sister over Moses,
Full of a secret that thou dar'st not tell! [ George MacDonald ]

Perseverance, dear my lord,
Keeps honour bright: to have done is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery. [ Shakespeare ]

Will any hang a wooden kettle over the fire? [ Proverb ]

All the keys don't hang at one man's girdle. [ Proverb ]

Hopes delayed hang the heart upon tenterhooks. [ Proverb ]

Although my cares do hang upon my soul
Like mines of lead, the greatness of my spirit
Shall shake the sullen weight off. [ Clapthorne ]

The rose is fragrant, but it fades in time:
The violet sweet, but quickly past the prime:
White lilies hang their heads, and soon decay,
And white snow in minutes melts away. [ Dryden ]

Give him but rope enough and he'll hang himself. [ Proverb ]

They threw their caps
As they would hang them on the horns of the moon,
Shouting their emulation. [ William Shakespeare ]

Common people hang more after praise than profit. [ Proverb ]

He that wears black, must hang a brush at his back. [ Proverb ]

Like the lily,
That once was mistress of the field, and flourished,
I'll hang my head, and perish. [ William Shakespeare ]

Lidford Jaw; first hang and draw, then hear the cause. [ Proverb ]

He gave him a thing of nothing to hang upon his sleeve. [ Proverb ]

There comes Emerson first, whose rich words, every one,
Are like gold nails in temples to hang trophies on. [ Lowell ]

He that would hang his dog gives out first that he is mad. [ Proverb ]

The robe which curious Nature weaves to hang upon the head. [ Decker ]

Hang him that has no shifts, and hang him that has one too many. [ Proverb ]

If I had a dog so good for nothing as you are, I would hang him. [ Proverb ]

Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll no steal when he's auld. [ Scotch Proverb ]

Hang constancy! you know too much of the world to be constant, sure. [ Fielding ]

A fop takes great pains to hang out a sign, by his dress, of what he has within. [ Richardson ]

Man must either make provision of sense to understand, or of a halter to hang himself. [ Antisthenes ]

Should all despair that have revolted wives, the tenth of mankind would hang themselves. [ William Shakespeare ]

Don't hang a dismal picture on the wall, and don't daub with sables and glooms in your conversation. [ Emerson ]

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together. [ Douglas Jerrold ]

Some men, like modern shops, hang everything in their show windows; when one goes inside, nothing is to be found. [ Auerbach ]

If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him. [ Richelieu ]

Dost thou now fall over to my foes? Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame, And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs. [ William Shakespeare ]

That chastity of look which seems to hang a veil of purest light over all her beauties, and by forbidding most inflames desire. [ Young ]

They that marry ancient people merely in expectation to bury them, hang themselves in hope that one will come and cut the halter. [ Fuller ]

They that marry ancient people merely in expectation to bury them, hang themselves in hopes that some one will come and cut the halter. [ Thomas Fuller ]

The men who convey and those who listen to calumnies should, if I could have my way, all hang, the talebearers by their tongues, the listeners by their ears. [ Plautus ]

Famine is in thy cheeks. Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes. Contempt and beggary hang upon thy back; The world is not thy friend, nor the world's law. [ William Shakespeare ]

When flowers are full of heaven-descended dews, they always hang their heads; but men hold theirs the higher the more they receive, getting proud as they get full. [ Beecher ]

The old pool shooter has won many a game in his life. But now it was time to hang up the cue. When he did all the other cues came crashing to the floor. Sorry, he said with a smile. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

Consider what importance to society the chastity of women is. Upon that all the property in the world depends. We hang a thief for stealing a sheep; but the unchastity of a woman transfers sheep and farm and all from the right owner. [ Dr. Johnson ]

If thy mother be a widow, give her double honor, who now acts the part of a double parent; remember her nine month's burden, and her tenth month's travel; forget not her indulgence, when thou didst hang upon her tender breast; call to mind her prayers for thee before thou earnest into the world; and her cares for thee when thou wert come into the world; remember her secret groans, her affectionate tears, her broken slumbers, her daily fears, her nightly frights; relieve her wants, cover her imperfections, comfort her age, and the widow's husband will be the orphan's father. [ F. Quarles ]

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2 letter words in hang (4 words)

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3 letter words in hang (2 words)

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4 letter words in hang (1 word)

hang

hang + 1 blank (2 words)

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hang + 2 blanks (16 words)

aahing aching afghan ashing change hangar hanged hanger hangup hating having hawing haying hazing naught rehang

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Words containing the sequence hang

Words that start with hang (29 words)

Words with hang in them (172 words)

hang archangel archangelhood archangelhoods archangelic archangelical archangelically archangels bellhanger bellhangers bellhanging cachanga cachangas change changeability changeable changeableness changeably changed changeless changelessly changelessness changeling changelings changeover changeovers changer changeroom changerooms changers changes changeup changeups changing chimichanga chimichangas cliffhanger cliffhangers cliffhanging cliffhangings cliffhangs coathanger coathangers counterchange counterchanged counterchanges counterchanging crepehanger crepehangers crepehanging endolymphangial everchanging exchange exchangeability exchangeable exchanged exchanger exchangers exchanges exchanging gearchange gearchanges interchange interchangeability interchangeable interchangeableness interchangeably interchanged interchangement interchangements interchanger interchangers interchanges interchanging lowhanging lymphangeitis lymphangiectases lymphangiectasia lymphangiectasis lymphangiectatic lymphangiectode lymphangiectodes lymphangiitis lymphangioendothelioma lymphangiofibroma lymphangiofibromas lymphangiogram lymphangiograms lymphangiographic lymphangiographical lymphangiographically lymphangiographies lymphangiography lymphangioleiomyomatoses lymphangioleiomyomatosis lymphangioma lymphangiomas lymphangiomata lymphangiomatous lymphangiosarcoma lymphangiosarcomas lymphangiotomies lymphangiotomy lymphangitic lymphangitis moneychanger moneychangers nonchanged nonchanging nonexchange nonexchangeable nonexchanger nonexchangers noninterchangeable nonoverhanging overhanging overhangs paperhanger paperhangers paperhanging paperhangings phasechange phasechanged phasechanger phasechangers phasechanges phasechanging rechange rechanged rechanges rechanging reexchange reexchanged reexchanges reexchanging rehanged rehanging rehangs shanghai shanghaied shanghaier shanghaiers shanghaiing shanghais shortchange shortchanged shortchanger shortchangers shortchanges shortchanging stockexchange stockexchanges straphanged straphanger straphangers straphanging straphangs unchange unchangeability unchangeable unchangeableness unchangeably unchanged unchanging unchangingness underhanging underhangman underhangmen underhangs unexchangeability unexchangeable unexchanged

Words that end with hang (7 words)

cliffhang hang lowhang overhang rehang straphang underhang

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