Meaning

21 senses

  1. (intransitive)To be or remain suspended.

    The lights hung from the ceiling.

    hängen

    висе́тьvisétʹ, повисе́тьpovisétʹ

    висі́тиvysíty

    be suspended or poised

  2. (intransitive)To float, as if suspended.

    The smoke hung in the room.

    hängte

    висе́тьvisétʹ, пари́тьparítʹ, ре́ятьréjatʹ

    be suspended or hanging

  3. (intransitive)To veer in one direction.

  4. (intransitive, usually)To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.

  5. (transitive)To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.

    He hung his head in shame.

    hängen

    ве́шатьvéšatʹ, пове́ситьpovésitʹ, подве́ситьpodvésitʹ

    ві́шатиvíšaty, пові́ситиpovísyty

  6. (transitive)To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.

    Hang those lights from the ceiling.

    to hang a door

    aufhängen, aufhängen

    ве́шатьvéšatʹ, пове́ситьpovésitʹ, подве́ситьpodvésitʹ

    ві́шатиvíšaty, пові́ситиpovísyty, ві́шатиvíšaty

    cause to be hanging or suspended

  7. (transitive)To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.

    The culprits were hanged from the nearest tree.

    hängen, henken

    ве́шатьvéšatʹ, пове́ситьpovésitʹ

    ві́шатиvíšaty, пові́ситиpovísyty

  8. (intransitive)To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.

    You will hang for this, my friend.

    aufhängen

    висе́тьvisétʹ

  9. (informal, transitive)(used in maledictions) To damn.

  10. (informal, intransitive)To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.

    I didn't see anything, officer. I was just hanging.

    herumlungern, herumhängen, herumgammeln

    ошива́тьсяošivátʹsja, слоня́тьсяslonjátʹsja, торча́тьtorčátʹ

  11. (transitive)To exhibit (an object) by hanging.

    ausstellen

    ве́шатьvéšatʹ, пове́ситьpovésitʹ, выве́шиватьvyvéšivatʹ

    kill by hanging

  12. (transitive)To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).

    Let's hang this cute animal design in the nursery.

    aufhängen

    ве́шатьvéšatʹ, пове́ситьpovésitʹ, выве́шиватьvyvéšivatʹ

Examples

1796 sentences

  1. Don't you hang up on me.

    Не вішай слухавку, коли ти зі мною розмовляєш.

    ruНе вздумай положить трубку.

    deWehe, du legst jetzt den Hörer auf.

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  2. I'll get the hang of it.

    Я в цьому розберуся.

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  3. You're getting the hang of it.

    Ти починаєш розумітися на цьому.

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  4. Would you like to hang out?

    Ти б хотів зустрітися погомоніти?

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  5. Where do you usually hang out?

    Де ти зазвичай тусиш?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to be or remain suspended:
to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position:
Русский
By meaning 9
to be or remain suspended:
to float as if suspended:
to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position:
to cause to be suspended:
informal: to loiter:
to exhibit by hanging:
to apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall):
to decorate (something) with hanging objects:
computing: to stop responding:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
to be or remain suspended:
to float as if suspended:
to cause to be suspended:
to execute by suspension from the neck:
informal: to loiter:
to exhibit by hanging:
to decorate (something) with hanging objects:

Origin

From Middle English hangen, hongen, from a fusion of Old English hōn (“to hang, be hanging

From Middle English hangen, hongen, from a fusion of Old English hōn (“to hang, be hanging”, transitive verb) and hangian (“to hang, cause to hang”, intransitive verb), respectively from the transitive verb Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han and the intransitive verb *hangēn; also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja (“to suspend”) and hanga (“to be suspended”); all from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną and *hangāną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to waver, be in suspense”).

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Forms

hangs, hanging, hung, hung
Base formhang · to hang
3rd person singularhangs
Present participlehanging
Past simplehung / hanged
Past participlehung / hanged

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhang
he, she, ithangs

Past simpleLesson

all personshung

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hung
he, she, ithas hung

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hang

Phrasal verbs

12 phrasal verbs
More 4

Synonyms

29 synonyms
float as if suspended:floatB1hoverB2
hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect:dropA1lowerB2
cause (something) to be suspended:suspendB2
to place on a hook:hookB2hook up
loiter:loiterC2hang abouthang around
exhibit:exhibitB2showA1
decorate (something) with hanging objects:deckB2decorateB2bedeck
computing: stop responding:freezeA2
swingB2hang outstring uptake a ride to Tyburnlock up
be or remain suspended:danglebe suspend
to put a telephone handset back on a hook:hang up
execute (someone) by suspension from the neck:lynch
apply (wallpaper to a wall):put up
be executed:go to the gallows
Close in meaning

Word family

66 related words
Relatedhanginghanger
Derivedbehangforhanggo hanghangabilityhangablehang abouthang aroundhang backhang behindhangbirdhangboardhang-byhangdoghang doghangeehang firehang fivehang-glidehang gliderhang glidinghang heavyhang inhanging ballhanging rice

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • hang out with
  • to hang out
  • hang out together
  • hang up the
  • used to hang
  • want to hang
  • hang gliding
  • often hang out
  • hung up on
  • go hang gliding
  • getting the hang
  • the hang of

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
handyB1handymanhangarhangerhangingB1
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