hang
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a special way of doing something
he had a bent for it
Types & categories
- endowment hypernym
Sense 2 verb
be suspended or hanging
The flag hung on the wall
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the way a garment hangs
he adjusted the hang of his coat
Types & categories
- fit hypernym
Related & opposite
- flow derivation
Sense 4 verb
cause to be hanging or suspended
Hang that picture on the wall
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
Types & categories
- gymnastic exercise hypernym
- bent hang hyponym
- inverted hang hyponym
- lever hang hyponym
- reverse hang hyponym
- straight hang hyponym
Sense 6 verb
kill by hanging
The murderer was hanged on Friday
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- hanging derivation
Sense 7 verb
let drop or droop
Hang one's head in shame
Types & categories
- drop hypernym
Sense 8 verb
fall or flow in a certain way
This dress hangs well
Related & opposite
- hang derivation
Sense 9 verb
be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
This worry hangs on my mind
Types & categories
- be hypernym
- bulk large hyponym
Sense 10 verb
give heed (to)
The children in the audience attended the recital quietly
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- attention derivation
- attention derivation
- advertence derivation
- attention derivation
- attender derivation
- attentive derivation
- advertent derivation
- paying attention derivation
Sense 11 verb
be suspended or poised
Heavy fog hung over the valley
Related & opposite
- dangling derivation
Sense 12 verb
hold on tightly or tenaciously
hang on to your father's hands
Types & categories
- grasp hypernym
Sense 13 verb
be exhibited
Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum
Related & opposite
- hang verb group
Sense 14 verb
prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
Types & categories
- blockade hypernym
Sense 15 verb
decorate or furnish with something suspended
Hang wallpaper
Types & categories
- ornament hypernym
Related & opposite
- hanging derivation
Sense 16 verb
be placed in position as by a hinge
This cabinet door doesn't hang right!
Related & opposite
- hang verb group
Sense 17 verb
place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
hang a door
Types & categories
- fasten hypernym
Related & opposite
- hang verb group
Sense 18 verb
suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
hang the venison for a few days
Types & categories
- rot hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | endowment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hanging |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | hang |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | hang |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | beetle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dangle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fit |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | hang |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hanger |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hanging |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hanger |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | hang |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fasten |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | suspend |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sling |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | gymnastic exercise |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bent hang |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | inverted hang |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lever hang |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | reverse hang |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | straight hang |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | hanging |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | execute |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | halter |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | gibbet |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | drop |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | hang |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | bulk large |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | attention |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | attention |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | advertence |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | attention |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | attender |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | attentive |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | advertent |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | paying attention |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | listen |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | fixate |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | dangling |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | grasp |
| 13 | verb group | Related & opposite | hang |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | blockade |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | hanging |
| 15 | hypernym | Types & categories | ornament |
| 16 | verb group | Related & opposite | hang |
| 17 | verb group | Related & opposite | hang |
| 17 | hypernym | Types & categories | fasten |
| 18 | hypernym | Types & categories | rot |