Main entry: hang
Definition: a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
Main entry: hang
Definition: the way a garment hangs
Usage: he adjusted the hang of his coat
Definition: a special way of doing something
Usage: he had a bent for it; he had a special knack for getting into trouble; he couldn't get the hang of it
Main entry: hang
Definition: suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
Usage: hang the venison for a few days
Definition: hold on tightly or tenaciously
Usage: hang on to your father's hands; The child clung to his mother's apron
Definition: cause to be hanging or suspended
Usage: Hang that picture on the wall
Main entry: hang
Definition: place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
Usage: hang a door
Main entry: hang
Definition: be placed in position as by a hinge
Usage: This cabinet door doesn't hang right!
Main entry: hang
Definition: be suspended or poised
Usage: Heavy fog hung over the valley
Main entry: hang
Definition: be suspended or hanging
Usage: The flag hung on the wall
Definition: fall or flow in a certain way
Usage: This dress hangs well; Her long black hair flowed down her back
Main entry: hang
Definition: decorate or furnish with something suspended
Usage: Hang wallpaper
Main entry: hang
Definition: let drop or droop
Usage: Hang one's head in shame
Main entry: pay heed, attend, advert, hang, give ear
Definition: give heed (to)
Usage: The children in the audience attended the recital quietly; She hung on his every word; They attended to everything he said
Definition: kill by hanging
Usage: The murderer was hanged on Friday
Main entry: hang
Definition: prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
Main entry: hang
Definition: be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
Usage: This worry hangs on my mind; The cloud of suspicion hangs over her
Main entry: hang
Definition: be exhibited
Usage: Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum