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hang
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., "a sling," from hang (v.). Meaning "a curtain" is from c.1500; that of "the way cloth hangs" is from 1797. To get the hang of (something) "become capable" is from 1834, American English. Perhaps originally in reference to a certain tool or feat, ...
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Word definitions in WordNet
v. be suspended or hanging; "The flag hung on the wall" cause to be hanging or suspended; "Hang that picture on the wall" [syn: hang up ] kill by hanging; "The murdered was hanged on Friday" [syn: string up ] let drop or droop; "Hang one's head in shame" ...
Usage examples of hang.
CHAPTER 12 Winter Amidst of the Mountains In all this they had enough to be busy with, so that time hung not heavy on their hands, and the shadow of the Quest was nowise burdensome to them, since they wotted that they had to abide the wearing of the days till spring was come with fresh tidings.
There were no accusations, no questions, instead they simply walked out of the ablutions and left him hanging there.
This is very cheap, and it is a great abridgment of the sacred right of self-government to hang men for engaging in this profitable trade.
Gagged, tied and hanging naked by her ankles, Lynda Gough was abused sexually by both Frederick and Rosemary West.
One tape, in particular, featured a young girl hung up by her arms from a beam in a cellar and abused by two men, one black, one white, while she is helpless.
Tim had always found himself especially attuned to the deserted charms of Candie Gardens in winter, enjoying the bare traceries of the trees and the widened harbour view, the few points of colour against the monochrome background - the red and pink of the camellias near the top gate, the hanging yellow bells of the winter-flowering abutilon with their red clappers, even the iridescence of the mallard drake circling the largest of the ponds with his speckled mate.
The enlarged flyby surveillance photograph hanging on the wall showed in grainy black and white the cabin and its grounds, including the wide, elevated back porch on which Glenn Abies could be seen standing, small but unmistakable, giving the helicopter the finger.
Vuitton clutch hung from her elbow and she pushed an expensive Bertini stroller accessorized with an infant whose blond hair matched her own.
Clouds of war hung over Achar, and in times such as these, haste was called for.
Warped into adamantine fretwork, hung And filled with frozen light the chasms below.
Rhys did not like Addis much, and the tension over Moira still hung between them.
After all it is an easy enough matter for an adventurous man, who does not look where he is going, to get hanged for a mere trifle.
As the Afanc approached, hanging its head in embarrassment, he schooled his features to sobriety and nodded in greeting to the gigantic lake-dweller.
All Aga had come back that same day with his tongue hanging out and had brought the news.
Without the interfering strands hanging in her eyes she was better able to see to her task and her fingers moved with agile speed and efficiency even though the blood continued to ooze, though with much less frequency as the wound was stitched closed.