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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
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