Word Meanings - HANG - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Hanging. The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also i., fr. h, v. t. ; akin to OS. hang, v. i. D. hangen, v. t. & i., G. hangen, v. i, hängen, v. t, Isel hanga, v.

Additional info about word: HANG

Hanging. The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also i., fr. h, v. t. ; akin to OS. hang, v. i. D. hangen, v. t. & i., G. hangen, v. i, hängen, v. t, Isel hanga, v. i., Goth. hahan, v. t. , hahan, v. i. , 1. To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner. 2. To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc. 3. To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve. 4. To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer. 5. To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; -- said of a wall, a room, etc. Hung be the heavens with black. Shak. And hung thy holy roofs with savage spoils. Dryden. 6. To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room. 7. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame. Cowslips wan that hang the pensive head. Milton. To hang down, to let fall below the proper position; to bend down; to decline; as, to hang down the head, or, elliptically, to hang the head. -- To hang fire , to be slow in communicating fire through the vent to the charge; as, the gun hangs fire; hence, to hesitate, to hold back as if in suspense.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HANG)

• Cling
• Fasten
• hold
• adhere
• embrace
• stick
• cleave
• hang
• twine
• hug
• Conspire
• Concur
• conduce
• tribute
• agree
• unite
• pull together
• co-operate
• league
• baud
• Hinge
• Move
• turn
• depend
• work
• rotate
• circulate
• Hitch
• Stick
• stickle
• oar
• jam
• catch
• Lean Incline
• rest
• support
• tend
• bend
• repose
• confide
• slope

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of HANG)

• Rise
• stand
• wander
• flit
• flutter
• remove
• transfer
• Drop
• betray
• surrender
• abandon
• discontinue
• oppose
• discourage
• weaken
• exhaust
• thwart
• discountenance
• disfavor
• subvert
• suppress

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• CLARIBELLA
  A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ.
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• CLAVIER
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  A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.
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• INCLEMENCY
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