hangs

We have found lemma(root) word of hangs : hang.

Definitions


[haŋ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free
(e.g: that's where people are supposed to hang their washing)

- kill (someone) by tying a rope attached from above around their neck and removing the support from beneath them (often used as a form of capital punishment)
(e.g: he was hanged for murder)

- remain static in the air
(e.g: a black pall of smoke hung over Valletta)

- come or cause to come unexpectedly to a state in which no further operations can be carried out
(e.g: the machine has hung)

- spend time relaxing or enjoying oneself
(e.g: I guess I wasn't cool enough to hang with them anymore)

- deliver (a pitch) which does not change direction and is easily hit by a batter
(e.g: this leads to hanging a breaking ball)


Phrases:
- a hang of a
- get the hang of
- hang a left
- hang a right
- hang fire
- hang heavy
- hang in the air
- hang in there
- hang one's hat
- hang someone out to dry
- hang ten
- hang tough
- hang, draw, and quarter someone
- let it all hang out
- not give a hang
- you might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb

Origin:
Old English hangian (intransitive verb), of West Germanic origin, related to Dutch and German hangen, reinforced by the Old Norse transitive verb hanga


[haŋ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a downward droop or bend
(e.g: the bullish hang of his head)


Phrases:
- a hang of a
- get the hang of
- hang a left
- hang a right
- hang fire
- hang heavy
- hang in the air
- hang in there
- hang one's hat
- hang someone out to dry
- hang ten
- hang tough
- hang, draw, and quarter someone
- let it all hang out
- not give a hang
- you might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb

Origin:
Old English hangian (intransitive verb), of West Germanic origin, related to Dutch and German hangen, reinforced by the Old Norse transitive verb hanga


[haŋ], (Interjection)

Definitions:
- used to express a range of strong emotions from enthusiasm to anger
(e.g: hang, but I loved those soldiers!)


Phrases:
- a hang of a
- get the hang of
- hang a left
- hang a right
- hang fire
- hang heavy
- hang in the air
- hang in there
- hang one's hat
- hang someone out to dry
- hang ten
- hang tough
- hang, draw, and quarter someone
- let it all hang out
- not give a hang
- you might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb

Origin:
Old English hangian (intransitive verb), of West Germanic origin, related to Dutch and German hangen, reinforced by the Old Norse transitive verb hanga




definition by Oxford Dictionaries