Definition of: hang

(hang) v. hung or (esp. for v. defs. 3 and 9) hanged, hang·ing v.t.
1. To fasten or attach to something above; suspend.
2. To attach, as upon hinges, so as to allow some motion.
3. To put (someone) to death by suspending from a gallows, cross, etc.; execute on a gallows.
4. To ornament, cover, or furnish by or as by something suspended: to hang walls with tapestry.
5. To fasten in position or at the correct angle: to hang a scythe.
6. U.S. To cause, as a jury, to come to or remain in deadlock, as one juror by refusing to vote with the rest.
—v.i.
7. To be suspended; swing; dangle.
8. To be suspended without visible support; float, as in the air.
9. To be put to death on the gallows.
10. To project out; overhang.
11. To droop; incline downward.
12. To be imminent or impending: War hangs over the world.
13. To be dependent or contingent, as on a decision.
14. To be uncertain or in doubt.
15. To watch or attend closely: to hang on someone's words.
16. U.S. To be or remain in deadlock, as a jury.
—to hang around (or about)
1. To linger or loiter.
2. To group around.
—to hang back To be reluctant or unwilling.
—to hang fire
1. To fail to fire promptly, as a firearm.
2. To be delayed, as an event.
3. To be undecided, as a business agreement.
—to hang in Slang To stay; persevere; hold on.
—to hang out
1. To lean out.
2. To suspend out in the open: to hang out the wash.
3. Slang To reside or spend one's time: usually with at or in.
—to hang together
1. To stay together.
2. To be coherent or consistent, as an explanation.
—to hang up
1. To place on hooks or hangers.
2. To place a telephone receiver on the hook and thus break off communication.
—to let it all hang out Slang
1. To make no effort to conceal one's motives, fears, desires, etc.
2. To be altogether free of restraint or inhibition.
—noun
1. The way a thing hangs: the hang of a drape.
2. U.S. Colloq. Familiar knowledge or wont; knack.
3. A bit: I don't give a hang: euphemism for damn.
4. Rake, as of a mast.
—to get the hang of U.S. Colloq. To come to understand or be able to do. [Fusion of ME hangen (OE hangian hang down), OE hon suspend, and ME henge cause or condemn to hang (<ON hengjan)]