pret. and pp. hanged or hung.

To suspend; to fasten to some fixed object above, in such a manner as to swing or move; as, to hang a thief. Pharaoh hanged the chief baker. Hence,

To put to death by suspending by the neck. Many men would rebel, rather than be ruined; but they would rather not rebel than be hanged.

To place without any solid support or foundation. He hangeth the earth upon nothing. Job 26:7.

To fix in such a manner as to be movable; as, to hang a door or grate on hooks or by butts.

To cover or furnish by any thing suspended or fastened to the walls; as, to hang an apartment with curtains or with pictures. Hung by the heavens with black-- . And hung thy holy roofs with savage spoils. To hang out, to suspend in open view; to display; to exhibit to notice; as, to hang out false colors.

To hang abroad; to suspend in the open air. To hang over, to project or cause to project above. To hang down, to let fall below the proper situation; to bend down; to decline; as, to hand down the head, and elliptically, to hang the head. To hang up, to suspend; to place on something fixed on high.

To suspend; to keep or suffer to remain undecided; as, to hang up a question in debate.

To be suspended; to be sustained by something above, so as to swing or be movable below.

To dangle; to be loose and flowing below.

To bend forward or downward; to lean or incline. His neck obliquely o’er his shoulder hung.

To float; to play. And fall those sayings from that gentle tongue, Where civil speech and soft persuasion hung.

To be supported by something raised above the ground; as a hanging garden on the top of a house.

To depend; to rest on something for support. This question hangs ona single point.

To rest on by embracing; to cling to; as, to hang on the neck of a person. Two infants hanging on her neck.

To hover; to impend; with over. View the dangers that hang over the country.

To be delayed; to linger. A noble stroke he lifted high, Which hung not.

To incline; to have a steep declivity; as hanging grounds.

To be executed by the halter. Sir Balaam hangs. To hang fire, in the military art, is to be slow in communicating, as fire in the pan of a gun to the charge. To hang on, to adhere to, often as something troublesome and unwelcome. A cheerful temper dissipates the apprehensions which hang on the timorous.

To adhere obstinately; to be importunate.