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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 |