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[Verb] | "hang" | \ ˈhaŋ \

1: to fasten to some elevated point without support from below : suspend

2: to suspend by the neck until dead —often hanged in the past—often used as a mild oath

3: to fasten so as to allow free motion within given limits upon a point of suspension

Origin: before 12th century ;

Partly from Middle English hon, from Old English hōn, transitive verb; partly from Middle English hangen, from Old English hangian, intransitive verb & transitive verb; both akin to Old High German hāhan, transitive verb, to hang, hangēn, intransitive verb {mat|cunctation|};

(1) - { hang about } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "hang about"

1: hang

Origin: 1781 ;

(3) - { hang around } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "hang around"

1: to pass time idly or in relaxing or socializing

2: to stay in or at a place for a period of time

3: to pass time or stay in or at (a place) or in the company of (someone)

Origin: 1823 ;

(2) - { hang back } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "hang back"

1: to drag behind others

2: to be reluctant

Origin: 1581 ;

(1) - { hang in } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "hang in"

1: to refuse to be discouraged or intimidated : to keep going, trying, or working in a difficult situation —often used in the phrase hang in there

Origin: 1966 ;

(1) - { hang off } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "hang off"

1: hang back

Origin: 1641 ;

(3) - { hang on } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "hang on"

1: to keep hold : hold on to something

2: to persist tenaciously

3: hold on

Origin: circa 1719 ;

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[Noun] | "hang"

1: the manner in which a thing is poised when suspended from above without support from below : the way in which a thing hangs

2: declivity, slope; also : droop

3: facility with or an understanding of something

Origin: circa 1797 ;

See: ;

(1) - { hang glider } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "hang glider"

1: a kitelike glider from which a harnessed rider hangs while gliding down from a cliff or hill

Origin: 1930 ;

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(3) - { hang } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "hang"

1: to place on an elevated point without support from below;

* e.g., " ... hang your coats on the coat rack in the hall "

Synonyms :
dangle,
sling,
suspend,
swing

Antonyms :
settle,
sink

2: to be determined by, based on, or subject (to);

* e.g., " ... our plan to go to the amusement park has all been worked out; now it just hangs on the weather "

Synonyms :
depend,
hinge,
ride,
turn

Antonyms :
(N/A)

3: to be limp from lack of water or vigor;

* e.g., " ... as they neared the end of the long, hard march all but the most hardy were hanging, and some could barely put one foot in front of the other "

Synonyms :
droop,
flag,
loll,
sag,
swag,
wilt

Antonyms :
(N/A)

(2) - { hang (around or out) } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "hang (around or out)"

1: to come or be together as friends;

* e.g., " ... she still hangs around with her college roommate "

Antonyms :
(N/A)

2: to spend time doing nothing;

* e.g., " ... for my vacation I plan to rent a beach house and just hang out "

Antonyms :
(N/A)

(1) - { hang (at) } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "hang (at)"

1: to go to or spend time in often;

* e.g., " ... most summer afternoons, we'd hang at the municipal pool for a few hours "

Antonyms :
avoid,
shun

(1) - { hang (over) } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "hang (over)"

1: to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on;

* e.g., " ... as long as the possibility of having to move again was hanging over them, the family couldn't really settle in "

Antonyms :
(N/A)

(2) - { hang on } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "hang on"

1: as in keep up, dig in;

2: as in wait, hold on;

(1) - { hang in } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "hang in"

1: as in go, get along;

(1) - { hang together } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "hang together"

1: as in combine, associate;

Antonyms :
(N/A)

(2) - { hang about } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "hang about"

1: to spend time doing nothing;

* e.g., " ... a tea house near campus where many university students could be seen hanging about "

Antonyms :
(N/A)

2: to spend time in aimless activity;

* e.g., " ... we'll be hanging about at the pub if you need us "

Antonyms :
(N/A)

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(2) - { hang } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "hang"

1: a downward slope;

* e.g., " ... proceeded carefully on snowshoes down the steep hang "

2: the extent to which something hangs or dips below a straight line;

* e.g., " ... there's too much hang in the bunting on the parade float—nothing should be touching the ground "

Synonyms :
droop,
sag,
slack,
slackness

Antonyms :
(N/A)

(1) - { hang gliding } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "hang gliding"

1: as in skydiving, ballooning;

Antonyms :
(N/A)

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