4. To hold for support; to depend; to cling; usually with on or upon; as, this question hangs on a single
point. "Two infants hanging on her neck." Peacham.
5. To be, or be like, a suspended weight.
Life hangs upon me, and becomes a burden. Addison. 6. To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; usually with over; as, evils hang over the country.
7. To lean or incline; to incline downward.
To decide which way hung the victory. Milton.
His neck obliquely o'er his shoulder hung. Pope. 8. To slope down; as, hanging grounds.
9. To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed.
A noble stroke he lifted high, Which hung not, but so swift with tempest fell On the proud crest of Satan. Milton. To hang around, to loiter idly about. - - To hang back, to hesitate; to falter; to be reluctant. "If any
one among you hangs back." Jowett To hang by the eyelids. (a) To hang by a very slight hold
or tenure. (b) To be in an unfinished condition; to be left incomplete. To hang in doubt, to be in
suspense. To hang on (with the emphasis on the preposition), to keep hold; to hold fast; to stick; to
be persistent, as a disease. To hang on the lips, words, etc., to be charmed by eloquence.
To hang out. (a) To be hung out so as to be displayed; to project. (b) To be unyielding; as, the juryman
hangs out against an agreement. [Colloq.] To hang over. (a) To project at the top. (b) To impend
over. To hang to, to cling. To hang together. (a) To remain united; to stand by one another.
"We are all of a piece; we hang together." Dryden. (b) To be self- consistent; as, the story does not
hang together. [Colloq.] To hang upon. (a) To regard with passionate affection. (b) (Mil.) To
hover around; as, to hang upon the flanks of a retreating enemy.
Hang (Hang), n.
1. The manner in which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected with, another; as, the hang of a
scythe.
2. Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse. [Colloq.]
3. A sharp or steep declivity or slope. [Colloq.]
To get the hang of, to learn the method or arrangement of; hence, to become accustomed to. [Colloq.]
Hangbird (Hang"bird`) n. (Zoöl.) The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); so called because its nest is
suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.
Hang-by (Hang"-by`) n.; pl. Hang-bies A dependent; a hanger-on; so called in contempt. B. Jonson.
Hangdog (Hang"dog`) n. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
Hangdog (Hang"dog`), a. Low; sneaking; ashamed.
The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look. Thackeray. Hanger (Hang"er) n.
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