Antonyms for hang

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hang

Phonetic Transcription : hæŋ

Definition of hang

Origin : a fusion of Old English hon "suspend" (transitive, class VII strong verb; past tense heng, past participle hangen), and Old English hangian (weak, intransitive, past tense hangode) "be suspended;" also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja "suspend," and hanga "be suspended." All from Proto-Germanic *khang- (cf. Old Frisian hangia, Dutch hangen, German hängen), from PIE *kank- "to hang" (cf. Gothic hahan, Hittite gang- "to hang," Sanskrit sankate "wavers," Latin cunctari "to delay;" see also second element in Stonehenge). As a method of execution, in late Old English (but originally specifically of crucifixion).
Hung emerged as past participle 16c. in northern England dialect, and hanged endured only in legal language (which tends to be conservative) and metaphors extended from it (I'll be hanged). Teen slang sense of "spend time" first recorded 1951; hang around "idle, loiter" is from 1830, and hang out (v.) is from 1811. Hang fire (1781) was originally used of guns that were slow in communicating the fire through the vent to the charge. To let it all hang out "be relaxed and uninhibited" is from 1967.

verb suspend or be suspended
verb kill by suspension from a rope
verb depend on future action

Example sentences :

You'd better bring out that motto and hang it up where they can see it.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

All the joy of life seems to me to hang on that little phrase.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

The day promises to be splendid, but mists as yet hang over the scene.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

You may hang a man if you like, but you have no right to starve him.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

I'll hang it back on the peg just now, but don't use it again fer a bit.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

I ought, of course, to fling myself into the chasm like that Roman fellow; but, hang it!
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

Hang tight, now—I'm going to beat that horse to the Hog's Back.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

Why didn't you do as I told you—hang to the bridle and fight Denver off with your whip?
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

As Donald says, there's no reason why it should hang there for centuries and fall on him today.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

She did not braid her hair, but let it hang over her shoulders.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for hang

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