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📖 Определения и значения для слова hang

📒 to attach something, or to be attached, at the top so that the lower part is free or loose

  • hang something + adv./prep. Hang your coat on the hook.
  • Activists hung a banner from the roof of the building.
  • hang something up Shall I hang your coat up?

📒 when something hangs in a particular way, it falls in that way

  • Her hair hung down to her waist.
  • He had lost weight and the suit hung loosely on him.

📒 to bend or let something bend downwards

  • hang adv./prep. The dog's tongue was hanging out.
  • Children hung (= were leaning) over the gate.
  • A cigarette hung from her lips.

📒 to kill somebody by tying a rope around their neck and allowing them to drop; to be killed in this way

  • He was the last man to be hanged for murder in this country.
  • She had tried to hang herself.
  • At that time you could hang for stealing.

📒 to spend time relaxing or enjoying yourself

  • ‘What are you all doing?’ ‘Just hanging.’
  • hang with somebody Do you wanna come hang with us?

📒 to attach something, especially a picture, to a hook (= a curved piece of metal) on a wall; to be attached in this way

  • We hung her portrait above the fireplace.
  • Several of his paintings hang in the Tate Gallery.

📒 to decorate a place by placing paintings, etc. on a wall

  • be hung with something The rooms were hung with tapestries.

📒 to stick wallpaper to a wall

📒 to attach a door or gate to a post so that it moves freely

📒 to stay in the air

  • Smoke hung in the air above the city.
  • Heavy grey clouds were hanging low in the sky.
  • The smell of burning plastic hung in the air.

📒 used to say that you are not going to worry about something

  • Oh, let's get two and hang the expense!

📒 to be in great danger

📒 to delay or be delayed in taking action

  • The project had hung fire for several years for lack of funds.

📒 to live in a particular place

  • These multimillion-dollar homes are more than just a place to hang your hat.

📒 to depend or rely on something

  • The research is interesting, but you cannot hang your hat on it.

📒 to be very easy to notice in a particular place in a way that is unpleasant

  • Smoke lay heavy on the far side of the water.
  • Despair hangs heavy in the stifling air.

📒 to cause somebody/something to feel uncomfortable or anxious

  • The crime lay heavy on her conscience.

📒 to remain determined to succeed even when a situation is difficult

📒 to take a left/right turn

📒 to remain calm; to not worry

  • It's OK—hang loose and stay cool.

📒 to hold somebody/something very tightly or keep something in a very determined way because you are afraid

  • You get a job, then you get a mortgage and then you hang on like grim death to your job to pay off the mortgage.

📒 to listen with great attention to somebody you admire

  • The journalists hung on his every word as he spoke of his ordeal.

📒 to put somebody in a difficult situation

  • She is being hung out to dry for one silly mistake.

📒 to be determined and refuse to change your attitude or ideas

📒 if the future of something/somebody, or the result of something is/hangs in the balance, it is not certain

  • The long-term future of the space programme hangs in the balance.
  • Tom’s life hung in the balance for two weeks as he lay in a coma.

📒 to express your feelings freely

📒 if you are going to be punished for doing something wrong, whether it is a big or small thing, you may as well do the big thing

📒 something that gives you an excuse or opportunity to discuss or explain something

  • The character provides a peg to hang the writer’s political ideas on.
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