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verb(hang)to fasten to some elevated point without support from below : suspend
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verb(hang)to suspend by the neck until dead —often hanged in the past—often used as a mild oath
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verb(hang)to fasten so as to allow free motion within given limits upon a point of suspension
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noun(hang)the manner in which a thing is poised when suspended from above without support from below : the way in which a thing hangs
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noun(hang)declivity, slope; also : droop
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noun(hang)facility with or an understanding of something
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idiom(hang)—used to suggest that there is a story about something that has just been mentioned
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verb(hang)hang
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verb(hang)to pass time idly or in relaxing or socializing
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verb(hang)to stay in or at a place for a period of time
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verb(hang)to pass time or stay in or at (a place) or in the company of (someone)
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verb(hang)to drag behind others
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verb(hang)to be reluctant
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verb(hang)to refuse to be discouraged or intimidated : to keep going, trying, or working in a difficult situation —often used in the phrase hang in there
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verb(hang)hang back
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verb(hang)to keep hold : hold on to something
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verb(hang)to persist tenaciously
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verb(hang)hold on
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verb(hang)to protrude and droop
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verb(hang)to spend time idly or in relaxing or socializing
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verb(hang)to display (something) outside as an announcement to the public —used chiefly in the phrase hang out a/one's shingle in the figurative sense "to start a business, begin working professionally"