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| Sounds | hhae'ng |
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| Rhymes | ANG, bang, boomerang, and 22 more rhymes in aeng at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A special way of doing something. |
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| Examples | "he couldn't get the hang of it" |
| Synonyms | bent, knack |
| Broader | endowment, gift, talent, natural endowment |
| Meaning | The way a garment hangs. |
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| Examples | "he adjusted the hang of his coat" |
| Broader | fit |
| Verbs | hang |
| Meaning | A gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms. |
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| Narrower | bent hang; inverted hang; lever hang; reverse hang; straight hang |
| Broader | gymnastic exercise |
| Meaning | Be suspended or hanging. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Model | The lights hang from the ceiling |
| Caused by | hang, hang up |
| Narrower | overhang, beetle; dangle, swing, drop |
| Similar to | hang, hang up; hang |
| Nouns | hanging |
| Meaning | Cause to be hanging or suspended. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Model | They hang the lights from the ceiling |
| Examples | "Hang that picture on the wall" |
| Synonyms | hang up |
| Cause to | hang |
| Narrower | suspend |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure |
| Similar to | hang |
| Nouns | hanger; hanging; hanger |
| Meaning | Kill by hanging. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | They want to hang the prisoners |
| Examples | "The murdered was hanged on Friday" |
| Synonyms | string up |
| Narrower | halter; gibbet |
| Broader | execute, put to death |
| Nouns | hanging |
| Meaning | Let drop or droop. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "Hang one's head in shame" |
| Broader | drop |
| Meaning | Fall or flow in a certain way. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s Adjective/Noun |
| Examples | "This dress hangs well" |
| Synonyms | fall, flow |
| Nouns | hang |
| Meaning | Be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
| Examples | "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her" |
| Narrower | brood, hover, loom, bulk large |
| Broader | be |
| Meaning | Give heed (to). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | attend, advert, pay heed, give ear |
| Narrower | fixate |
| Broader | listen |
| Meaning | Be suspended or poised. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
| Model | Some big birds hang in the tree; There hang some big birds in the tree |
| Nouns | hanging |
| Meaning | Hold on tightly or tenaciously. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "hang on to your father's hands" |
| Synonyms | cling |
| Broader | grasp, hold on |
| Meaning | Be exhibited. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum" |
| Similar to | hang |
| Meaning | Prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Broader | obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass |
| Meaning | Decorate or furnish with something suspended. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "Hang wallpaper" |
| Broader | decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify |
| Nouns | hanging |
| Meaning | Be placed in position as by a hinge. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
| Model | The doors hang |
| Examples | "This cabinet door doesn't hang right!" |
| Similar to | hang |
| Meaning | Place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | They want to hang the doors |
| Examples | "hang a door" |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure |
| Similar to | hang |
| Meaning | Of meat, in order to get a gamey taste. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "hang the venison for a few days" |
| Broader | decompose, rot, molder, moulder |