What is the meaning of hang?

noun

• 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"
  • synonyms: bent, knack
• The way a garment hangs.
  • usage: "he adjusted the hang of his coat"
• A gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms.

verb

• Be suspended or hanging.
  • usage: "The flag hung on the wall"
• Cause to be hanging or suspended.
  • usage: "Hang that picture on the wall"
  • synonyms: hang up
• Kill by hanging.
  • usage: "The murderer was hanged on Friday"
  • synonyms: string up
• Let drop or droop.
  • usage: "Hang one's head in shame"
• Fall or flow in a certain way.
  • usage: "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
  • synonyms: fall, flow
• Be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive.
  • usage: "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"
• 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"
  • synonyms: attend, advert, pay heed, give ear
• Be suspended or poised.
  • usage: "Heavy fog hung over the valley"
• Hold on tightly or tenaciously.
  • usage: "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
  • synonyms: cling
• Be exhibited.
  • usage: "Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum"
• Prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury.
• Decorate or furnish with something suspended.
  • usage: "Hang wallpaper"
• Be placed in position as by a hinge.
  • usage: "This cabinet door doesn't hang right"
• Place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction.
  • usage: "hang a door"
• Suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste.
  • usage: "hang the venison for a few days"