<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.</li><li>to attach or suspend so as to allow free movement: to hang a pendulum.</li><li>to place in position or fasten so as to allow easy or ready movement.</li><li>to put to death by suspending by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, yardarm, or the like.</li><li>to suspend (oneself) by the neck until dead: He hanged himself from a beam in the attic.</li><li>to fasten to a cross; crucify.</li><li>to furnish or decorate with something suspended: to hang a room with pictures.</li><li>to fasten into position; fix at a proper angle: to hang a scythe.</li><li>to fasten or attach (wallpaper, pictures, etc.) to a wall: to hang pictures in a room.</li><li>to suspend (something) in front of anything: to hang curtains on a window.</li><li>to exhibit (a painting or group of paintings): The gallery hung his paintings in a small corner.</li><li>to put the paintings of (an art exhibition) on the wall of a gallery: They hung the show that morning.</li><li>to attach or annex as an addition: to hang a rider on a bill.</li><li>to attach (a door or the like) to its frame by means of hinges.</li><li>to allow to droop: He hung his head in shame.</li><li>to make (an idea, form, etc.) dependent on a situation, structure, concept, or the like, usually derived from another source: He hung the meaning of his puns on the current political scene.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>rest</li><li>rely</li><li>hinge</li><li>depend</li></ul><p><strong>To keep (a jury) from rendering a verdict by refusing to agree with the others.</strong></p><p><strong>Digital Technology</strong></p><ul><li>freeze: If a critical error hangs your operating system, you will need to reboot the computer.</li></ul><p><strong>Informal</strong></p><ul><li>to cause (a nickname, epithet, etc.) to become associated with a person: Friends hung that nickname on him.</li><li>to hit with (a fist, blow, punch, etc.): He hung a left on his opponent's jaw.</li></ul><p><strong>Baseball</strong></p><ul><li>to throw (a pitch) so that it fails to break, as a curve.</li></ul><p><strong>Nautical</strong></p><ul><li>to steady (a boat) in one place against a wind or current by thrusting a pole or the like into the bottom under the boat and allowing the wind or current to push the boat side-on against the pole.</li></ul><p><strong>(Used in mild curses and emphatic expressions, often as a euphemism for damn)</strong></p><ul><li>I'll be hanged if I do.</li><li>Hang it all!</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to hold fast; cling to.</li><li>to continue with effort; persevere: If you can hang on for a month longer, you will be eligible for the bonus.</li><li>to be sustained to the point of danger, tedium, etc.: coughs that hang on for months.</li><li>to keep a telephone line open: Hang on, I'll see if she's here.</li><li>to wait briefly; keep calm.</li></ul><p><strong>Informal</strong></p><ul><li>to spend time in a certain place or in certain company: He hangs around with an older crowd.</li><li>to linger about; loiter: They had stopped working and were just hanging around to talk.</li></ul><p><strong>Slang</strong></p><ul><li>to persevere: Also hang in there. She has managed to hang in despite years of bad luck.</li><li>to be reluctant to proceed or move forward: The older pupils went straight to the podium, but the younger ones hung back out of shyness.</li><li>to refrain from taking action; hesitate: A forward pass would have been the best call, but the quarterback hung back because his last pass had been intercepted.</li><li>to remain to be settled; be postponed: They will probably let the final decision hang over until next year.</li><li>to be imminent or foreboding; threaten: Economic ruin hangs over the town.</li><li>to suspend by placing on a hook, peg, or hanger.</li><li>to cause or encounter delay; suspend or slow the progress of: The accident hung up the traffic for several hours.</li><li>to break a telephone connection, as by replacing the receiver on the hook: She received an anonymous call, but the party hung up when she threatened to call the police.</li><li>to cause a hang-up or hang-ups in: The experience hung her up for years.</li></ul><p><strong>Hangout</strong></p><ul><li>the way in which a thing hangs.</li><li>the precise manner of doing, using, etc., something; knack: to get the hang of a tool.</li><li>meaning or thought: to get the hang of a subject.</li></ul><p><strong>Digital Technology</strong></p><ul><li>freeze:</li></ul><p><strong>Nautical</strong></p><ul><li>loss of way due to adverse wind or current.</li><li>a rake, as of a mast.</li></ul><p><strong>The least degree of care, concern, etc. (used in mild curses and emphatic expressions as a euphemism for damn):</strong></p><ul><li>He doesn't give a hang about those things.</li></ul>