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Grammar : Verb
Spell : hang
Phonetic Transcription : hæŋ



Definition of hanged up

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.
  • As in inconvenience : verb bother, trouble
  • As in inhibit : verb restrict, prevent
  • As in interfere : verb meddle, intervene
  • As in mire : verb delay, catch up in
  • As in obstruct : verb prevent, restrict
  • As in prohibit : verb make impossible; stop
  • As in quit : verb abandon, leave
  • As in quit : verb stop doing something
  • As in resign : verb give up responsibility
  • As in restrict : verb confine, limit situation or ability to participate
  • As in retard : verb hinder, obstruct
  • As in set back : verb delay, hinder
  • As in shelve : verb defer, postpone
  • As in spite : verb offend, hurt
  • As in step down : verb resign
  • As in stop : verb bring or come to a halt or end
  • As in stymie : verb frustrate, hinder
  • As in suspend : verb hang from above
  • As in suspend : verb delay, hold off
  • As in block : verb obstruct
  • As in bog down : verb stick; become stuck
  • As in handcuff : verb hamper
  • As in hog-tie : verb hamper
  • As in incommode : verb inconvenience
  • As in detain : verb hold, keep back; arrest
  • As in embarrass : verb cause mental discomfort
  • As in encumber : verb bother, burden
  • As in fetter : verb tie up, hold
  • As in finish : verb bring to a conclusion; get done
  • As in foil : verb circumvent, nip in the bud
  • As in frustrate : verb thwart, disappoint
  • As in hamper : verb impede, restrict
  • As in hobble : verb cripple, restrict
  • As in impede : verb obstruct, hinder
Example sentences :
  • I could have had him hanged up by the neck—hanged like a dog—but I never did.
  • Extract from : « The Cock and Anchor » by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancients.
  • Extract from : « The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version » by Various
  • Of the fugitives, the men were either scourged back by the Spaniards into the city, or hanged up along the road-side.
  • Extract from : « History of the United Netherlands, 1584-86, Vol. I. (of IV) Complete » by John Lothrop Motley
  • Some were hanged up by their thumbs, others by the head, and burning things were hung on to their feet.
  • Extract from : « The Serf » by Guy Thorne
  • St. Philip was hanged up against a pillar at Hieropolis, a city of Phrygia.
  • Extract from : « One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed » by C. A. Bogardus
  • The child's saying was also, in Latin verses, written in a table which was hanged up there.
  • Extract from : « An English Garner (4 of 8) » by Various
  • Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.
  • Extract from : « History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 9 (of 12) » by G. Maspero
  • M. B. Would you not be glad, if their spirits were hanged up with them, to have a gown furred with some of their skins?
  • Extract from : « Witch, Warlock, and Magician » by William Henry Davenport Adams
  • Two countrymen were ‘bound together with cords, and hanged up by their thumbs to a tree, there to hang all night.’
  • Extract from : « History of Civilization in England, Vol. 3 of 3 » by Henry Thomas Buckle

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