hang: betydelser og definitioner

To fasten from above with no support from below; suspend.

To suspend or fasten so as to allow free movement at or about the point of suspension: hang a door.

To execute by suspending by the neck: They hanged the prisoner at dawn.

Used to express exasperation or disgust: I'll be hanged! Hang it all!

To fix or attach at an appropriate angle: hang a scythe to its handle.

To alter the hem of (a garment) so as to fall evenly at a specified height.

To furnish, decorate, or appoint by suspending objects around or about: hang a room with curtains.

To hold or incline downward; let droop: hang one's head in sorrow.

Informal To make (a turn in a specific direction): At the next intersection, hang a right.

To attach to a wall: hang wallpaper.

To display, as in a gallery or office: hung four new paintings in the foyer.

Informal To give (a nickname or label) to someone.

To deadlock (a jury) by failing to render a unanimous verdict.

Baseball To throw (a pitch) in such a manner as to fail to break.

Computer Science To cause (a computer system) to halt so that input devices, such as the keyboard or the mouse, do not function.

To be attached from above with no support from below.

To die as a result of hanging.

To remain suspended or poised over a place or an object; hover: rain clouds hanging low over the corn fields.

To attach oneself as a dependent or an impediment; cling.

To incline downward; droop.

To depend: Everything hangs on the committee's decision.

To pay strict attention: a student who hangs on the professor's every word.

To remain unresolved or uncertain: His future hung in the balance.

To fit the body in loose lines: a dress that hangs well.

To be on display, as in a gallery.