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[hæŋ] (past tense and past participle hung [hʌŋ] ) verb I

1) [I/T] to put something somewhere with its top part fixed and its bottom part free to move, or to be in this position

Hang your jacket there.[/ex]

Philip hung his hat on a hook behind the door.[/ex]

The children's coats were hanging on pegs behind the door.[/ex]

Her dark hair hung down over her shoulders.[/ex]

2) (past tense and past participle hanged)

[T] to kill someone by putting a rope around their neck and making them fall

He was hanged for murder in 1942.[/ex]

After his wife left, he tried to hang himself.[/ex]

3) [I] if something such as smoke or a smell hangs in the air, it remains there

A thick mist hung over the fields.[/ex]

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- hang around

- hang around with sb

- hang back

- hang on

- hang onto sth

- hang out

- hang over sb

- hang round

- hang together

- hang up

- hang sth up

II noun hang [hæŋ] get the hang of sth — informal to learn to do something[/ex]