transitive verb hung, hanging hang′·ing, hanged

1. to attach to something above with no support from below; suspend
2. to attach so as to permit free motion at the point of attachment to hang a door on its hinges
3. to put to death by tying a rope about the neck and suddenly suspending the body so as to snap the neck or cause strangulation
4. to fasten (pictures, etc.) to a wall by hooks, wires, etc.
5. to ornament or cover with things suspended to hang a room with pictures and drapes
6. to paste (wallpaper) to walls
7. to exhibit (pictures) in a museum or gallery
8. to let (one's head) droop downward
9. to fasten (an ax head, scythe blade, etc.) with correct balance
10. to pin and sew the hem of (a dress) evenly at a desired distance from the floor
11. ☆ to deadlock (a jury) by one's vote
12. to fix (something) on a person or thing
13. ☆ Baseball to pitch (a breaking ball) that fails to curve sharply and is therefore easy to hit

Etymology: ME hangen, with form < OE vi. hangian & ON vi. hanga; senses < these, also < OE vt. hon & ON caus. v. hengja; akin to Ger vi. hangen, vt. hängen, to execute (caus.): all ult. < IE base *enk, to sway, hang (akin to *keg- > hook)

intransitive verb

1. to be attached to something above with no support from below
2. to hover or float in the air, as though suspended
3. to swing, as on a hinge
4. to fall, flow, or drape, as cloth, a coat, etc.
5. to die by hanging
6. 1. to incline; lean
   2. to droop; bend
7. to be doubtful or undecided; hesitate
8. to have one's pictures exhibited in a museum or gallery
9. Slang: often with with[hanging with their friends at the mall]
   1. to loiter; idle
   2. to engage in social activity

noun

1. the way that a thing hangs
2. a pause in, or suspension of, motion