hang

1. To be or remain suspended. (intransitive) · The lights hung from the ceiling.
2. To float, as if suspended. (intransitive) · The smoke hung in the room.
3. To veer in one direction. (intransitive)
4. To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground. (intransitive)
5. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect. (transitive) · He hung his head in shame.
6. To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like. (transitive) · Hang those lights from the ceiling.· to hang a door
7. To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide. (transitive) · The culprits were hanged from the nearest tree.
8. To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose. (intransitive) · You will hang for this, my friend.

Plural hang · He/she/it hangs · Past hung · Past participle hung · -ing form hanging