hang
be suspended or hanging
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,987 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,045 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- be suspended or hanging The flag hung on the wall
- cause to be hanging or suspended also: hang up Hang that picture on the wall
- kill by hanging also: string up The murderer was hanged on Friday
- let drop or droop Hang one's head in shame
- fall or flow in a certain way also: fall, flow This dress hangs wellHer long black hair flowed down her back
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive This worry hangs on my mindThe cloud of suspicion hangs over her
hang in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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That was a very pretty picture, Tom thought, to hang in a lady’s room.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow · Washington Irving · Chapter 1
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The mob decided to take the remaining brother out to Camp Parapet and hang him there.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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Hang him; a gilder that hath his brains perished with quicksilver is not more cold in the liver.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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I nailed up some shelves and drove nails and staples in the wall and posts to hang things out of the way.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1