hang in WordNet English dictionary

1. give heed (to)
   "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"
   attend  hang  advert  pay heed  give ear 
   
2. hold on tightly or tenaciously
   "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
   cling  hang 
   
3. fall or flow in a certain way
   "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
   hang  fall  flow 
   
4. suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
   "hang the venison for a few days"
   hang 
   
5. cause to be hanging or suspended
   "Hang that picture on the wall"
   hang  hang up 
   
6. be suspended or hanging
   "The flag hung on the wall"
   hang 
   
7. place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
   "hang a door"
   hang 
   
8. be placed in position as by a hinge
   "This cabinet door doesn't hang right!"
   hang 
   
9. be suspended or poised
   "Heavy fog hung over the valley"
   hang 
   
10. decorate or furnish with something suspended
    "Hang wallpaper"
    hang 
    
11. let drop or droop
    "Hang one's head in shame"
    hang 
    
12. kill by hanging
    "The murderer was hanged on Friday"
    hang  string up 
    
13. prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
    hang 
    
14. be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
    "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"
    hang 
    
15. be exhibited
    "Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum"
    hang 
    

1. a special way of doing something
   "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"
   bent  knack  hang 
   
2. a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
   hang 
   
3. the way a garment hangs
   "he adjusted the hang of his coat"
   hang