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Synonyms for hang
hæŋhang
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Princeton's WordNet
bent, knack, hangnoun
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"
Synonyms:
set, bent, bent-grass, knack, bent grasshangnoun
the way a garment hangs
"he adjusted the hang of his coat"
hangverb
a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
hangverb
be suspended or hanging
"The flag hung on the wall"
Synonyms:
fall, advert, string up, cling, attend, give ear, flow, hang up, pay heedhang, hang upverb
cause to be hanging or suspended
"Hang that picture on the wall"
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fall, advert, string up, cling, attend, give ear, flow, hang up, pay heedhang, string upverb
kill by hanging
"The murderer was hanged on Friday"
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fall, string, advert, string up, cling, attend, give ear, flow, hang up, pay heedhangverb
let drop or droop
"Hang one's head in shame"
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fall, advert, string up, cling, attend, give ear, flow, hang up, pay heedhang, fall, flowverb
fall or flow in a certain way
"This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
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accrue, menstruate, shine, go down, feed, diminish, come down, strike, devolve, flow, precipitate, settle, string up, advert, light, lessen, run, cling, attend, pass, descend, come, fall, return, hang up, give ear, flux, pay heed, decrease, course, fall downhangverb
be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
"This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"
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fall, advert, string up, cling, attend, give ear, flow, hang up, pay heedattend, hang, advert, pay heed, give earverb
give heed (to)
"The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"
Synonyms:
serve, wait on, touch, bring up, mention, flow, name, string up, advert, look, attend to, cling, attend, allude, take care, assist, refer, hang up, give ear, cite, fall, pay heed, go to, seehangverb
be suspended or poised
"Heavy fog hung over the valley"
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fall, advert, string up, cling, attend, give ear, flow, hang up, pay heedcling, hangverb
hold on tightly or tenaciously
"hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
Synonyms:
cleave, pay heed, advert, string up, give ear, stick, cling, cohere, attend, adhere, flow, hang up, fallhangverb
be exhibited
"Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum"
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fall, advert, string up, cling, attend, give ear, flow, hang up, pay heedhangverb
prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
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fall, advert, string up, cling, attend, give ear, flow, hang up, pay heedhangverb
decorate or furnish with something suspended
"Hang wallpaper"
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fall, advert, string up, cling, attend, give ear, flow, hang up, pay heedhangverb
be placed in position as by a hinge
"This cabinet door doesn't hang right!"
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fall, advert, string up, cling, attend, give ear, flow, hang up, pay heedhangverb
place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
"hang a door"
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fall, advert, string up, cling, attend, give ear, flow, hang up, pay heedhangverb
suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
"hang the venison for a few days"
Synonyms:
fall, advert, string up, cling, attend, give ear, flow, hang up, pay heed
Dictionary of English Synonymes
hangverb
Synonyms:
suspendhangverb
Synonyms:
execute (by the halter), hang by the neckhangverb
Synonyms:
attach (so as to swing)hangverb
hangverb
Synonyms:
drape, adorn with hangingshangverb
Synonyms:
depend, dangle, be suspendedhangverb
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incline, droop, tend downwardshangverb
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depend, rely, be dependenthangverb
hangverb
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be held in fixed attentionhangverb
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#64 | see | |
#108 | name | |
#189 | set | |
#357 | return | |
#428 | course | |
#446 | look | |
#504 | come | |
#613 | light | |
#672 | run | |
#1232 | fall | |
#1293 | feed | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1547 | rest | |
#1567 | string | |
#1767 | flow | |
#2192 | touch | |
#2202 | serve | |
#2644 | assist | |
#2884 | refer | |
#3387 | stick | |
#3607 | attend | |
#3884 | strike | |
#3935 | mention | |
#4933 | decrease | |
#5712 | hang | |
#6073 | depend | |
#7982 | cite | |
#8525 | lean | |
#8623 | settle | |
#8630 | flux | |
#9051 | shine | |
#9541 | advert | |
#9985 | bent | |
#13027 | suspend | |
#14841 | adhere | |
#21475 | diminish | |
#25048 | lessen | |
#25148 | descend | |
#27118 | cling | |
#27427 | accrue | |
#34908 | knack | |
#41439 | precipitate | |
#44058 | cleave | |
#49465 | poise | |
#50553 | heng | |
#75845 | allude | |
#83252 | devolve | |
#139203 | hisashi | |
#160684 | cohere | |
#224362 | menstruate | |
#283658 | hyong |
How to use hang in a sentence?
More than likely within a social circle of some sort. I don't foresee Melinda jumping on social media or a dating app to find her next person, her friends will know people who they will begin to say, 'You know what, you should hang out with this person or you should go and just spend time with them. Or this person would be interested in the work you're doing.' And that is more than likely the way that she will find even just male friends or dating when that comes to that time.
No one is promiscuous in his way of dying. A man who has decided to hang himself will never jump in front of a train.
The radical far-right feels more legitimized and stronger, thus they're more active, twenty years ago you couldn't hang around shouting' Viva il Duce,' there was greater resistance towards extremist themes. The dam barriers have been lowered, so people feel they can freely pour hatred towards Liliana Segre online.
If you are someone who cares about your image... dating John Mayer at this point is conceptually just sort of a no-no, so it's really fun to get to hang out with your friends, your A-list star friends, who otherwise would be highly uncomfortable sitting around me.
Montanans are much more likely to want to hang out and vote for the guy with the banjo than the guy who made millions of dollars in software.
Translations for hang
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- علقArabic
- вісе́ць, вешаць, паве́сіць, павісе́цьBelarusian
- бе́ся, обе́ся, вися́Bulgarian
- penjar-se, encallar-se, penjar, bloquejar, encallar, bloquejar-seCatalan, Valencian
- viset, pověsit, svěsit, oběsitCzech
- hængeDanish
- ausstellen, aufhängen, hängte, hängen, herumgammeln, schmücken, herumhängen, herumlungern, henken, dekorieren, herumdrückenGerman
- κρεμάωGreek
- surhokigi, surglui, pendigi, ĉei, klini, frostigi, pendumiĝi, pendi, pendaĵizi, ŝvebi, pendumi, ornami, kroĉi, elmontri, umiEsperanto
- ahorcar, colgarSpanish
- دار زدن, به دار آویختن, آویزان شدنPersian
- [[roikkua]] [[hirressä]], [[joutua]] [[uhatuksi]], hengailla, ripustaa, kaatua, roikuttaa, ripustella, roikkua, tapetoida, levyttää, [[olla]] [[uhattuna]], riippua, hirttää, kaataaFinnish
- heingjaFaroese
- peser, pendre, exposer, accrocher, traîner, suspendre, baisser, errer, laisser pendre, rôder, planer, orner, [[être]] [[suspendu]]French
- crochScottish Gaelic
- लटकानाHindi
- felakaszt, akaszt, lógHungarian
- pendarIdo
- hangaIcelandic
- bloccarsi, essere impiccato, appendere, pendere, impiccareItalian
- 掛ける, 掛かるJapanese
- 걸다Korean
- pendō, sedeoLatin
- whakawhata, whakairiMāori
- бе́си, ви́си, о́бесиMacedonian
- volhangen, ophangen, behangen, hangen, uithangen, vastlopen, zweven, laten, rondhangen, [[laten]] [[hangen]]Dutch
- penjarOccitan
- wieszać, powiesić, wisiećPolish
- pendurar, inclinar, parar, pender, enforcar, andar, [[estar]] [[pendurado]], suspender, pairarPortuguese
- araway, harawayQuechua
- penderRomansh
- spânzura, atârna, agățaRomanian
- ве́шать, подве́сить, вывесить, повесить, повисе́ть, вешать, выставить, пове́сить, ошиваться, обвешивать, висеть, слоняться, выставлять, подвесить, висе́ть, обвешать, вывешиватьRussian
- pendhereSardinian
- обесити, objesiti, obesiti, visiti, објесити, виситиSerbo-Croatian
- obesiť, vešať, visieťSlovak
- obesiti, viseti, obešatiSlovene
- hängaSwedish
- ఉరితీయబడు, వేలాడదీయు, వేలాడు, ఉరితీయుTelugu
- ві́шати, пові́сити, висі́тиUkrainian
- treoVietnamese
- הענגעןYiddish
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