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hang

verb

1 lanterns hung from the ridgepole of the tent:

be suspended, hang down, be pendent, dangle, swing, sway;

archaic depend.

▷antonyms rise.

2 it's best to hang your pictures at eye level:

put up, fix, attach, affix, fasten, post, display, suspend, stick up, pin up, tack up, nail up, put on a hook.

▷antonyms take down.

3 size the wall before you hang the wallpaper:

paste up, glue on, stick up, fasten on, fix on, attach.

▷antonyms peel off.

4 the room was hung with banners and streamers:

decorate, adorn, drape, festoon, deck out, trick out, bedeck, array, furnish, garland, swathe, cover, ornament;

informal get up, do up, do out, tart up;

literary bedizen, caparison, furbelow.

5 they hanged the prisoners at a triple gallows:

execute by hanging, hang by the neck, send to the gallows, send to the gibbet, send to the scaffold, gibbet, put to death;

lynch;

informal string up.

6 pollutants hang in the air over the highway:

hover, float, drift, linger, remain static, be suspended, be poised.

▷antonyms be dispersed.

□ hang aboutBritish, informal

hang about, see what it says here?:

wait, hold on, wait a minute;

informal hang on, hold your horses.

□ hang around

1 they spent most of their time hanging around restaurants or bars:

loiter in, linger in, wait around in, spend time in, loaf (around) in, lounge (around) in;

waste time, kill time, mark time, while away the/one's time, dally;

kick one's heels, cool one's heels, twiddle one's thumbs;

frequent, be a regular visitor to, be a regular client of, haunt;

informal hang out in.

2 he was hanging around with a fellow called Mick:

associate, mix, go around, keep company, spend time, mingle, socialize, fraternize, consort, rub shoulders;

North American rub elbows;

informal hang out, run around, knock around, be thick, hobnob.

▷antonyms have nothing to do with.

□ hang back

she hung back, scared to face the old woman:

stay back, hold back, stay in the background, shrink back, shy away, be reluctant to come forward, hesitate, demur, recoil, turn away.

□ hang fire

we should hang fire for things to cool off:

delay, hang back, hold back, hold on, stall, stop, pause, cease, halt, discontinue, procrastinate, vacillate, adopt Fabian tactics;

informal hang around, sit tight, hold one's horses.

□ hang on

1 he hung onto the back of her coat:

hold onto, hold fast to, grip, clutch, grasp, hold tightly, cling to, cling onto;

literary cleave to.

▷antonyms let go of.

2 the whole credibility of electoral reform hangs on this decision:

depend on, be dependent on, turn on, hinge on, rest on, be based on, be conditional on, be contingent upon, be determined by, be decided by, be conditioned by, revolve around.

3 she hung on his every word:

listen closely to, attend closely to, pay close attention to, be very attentive to, concentrate hard on, pay heed to, lend an ear to, give ear to, be rapt by;

informal be all ears for;

archaic hearken to.

▷antonyms pay no attention to.

4 I will hang on until there are other people who can take the campaign forward:

persevere, hold out, hold on, go on, carry on, keep on, keep going, keep at it, not give up;

continue, persist, remain, stay the course, stay with it, struggle on, plod on, plow on;

informal soldier on, plug away, peg away, stick at it, stick it out, hang in there, bash on.

▷antonyms give up.

5 informal hang on, let me think for a moment:

wait, wait a minute, hold on, stop;

hold the line;

informal hold your horses, sit tight;

British, informal hang about.

□ hang out

informal

he spent a lot of time hanging out with other musicians:

associate, mix, go around, keep company, spend time, mingle, socialize, fraternize, consort, rub shoulders;

North American rub elbows;

informal hang around, run around, knock around, be thick, hobnob;

British, informal hang about.

□ hang something out

you can hang out the washing in the laundry room:

peg out, peg up, stick up, pin up, drape, fix, fasten.

□ hang over

1 two girls hung over the rail of the ferry:

lean over, bend over, bend downward, bend forwards, lean forwards, droop forwards, bow over.

2 the threat of budget cuts is hanging over us:

be imminent, threaten, approach, be close, be impending, impend, loom, draw near, be in prospect, be on the horizon, be just around the corner.

noun

□ get the hang of

informal

I never got the hang of roller skating:

get the knack of, master, learn, acquire the technique of, acquire the skill of, learn the art of, become proficient in, become expert in, manage, catch onto, pick up;

understand, grasp, comprehend.