hangs in English

noun

1

a downward droop or bend.

the bullish hang of his head

verb

1

suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free.

that's where people are supposed to hang their wash

synonyms: be suspended, dangle, hang down, be pendent, swing, sway

2

kill (someone) by tying a rope attached from above around the neck and removing the support from beneath (used as a form of capital punishment).

he was hanged for murder

synonyms: string up, send to the gallows

3

remain static in the air.

a haze of smoke hung below the ceiling

synonyms: hover, float, drift, be suspended

4

(of a juror) prevent (a jury) from reaching a verdict by a dissenting vote.

Whether it will be enough to hang the jury altogether on the issue of the penalty, I don't know.

5

come or cause to come unexpectedly to a state in which no further operations can be carried out.

This article has all you need to know about issues with internal modems that may hang your system.

noun

knack, bent

verb

be suspended, put up, decorate, string up, hover, hang up, attend, cling, fall
be suspended, dangle, hang down, be pendent, swing, sway
put up, fix, attach, affix, fasten, post, display, suspend, pin up, nail up
decorate, adorn, drape, festoon, deck out, trick out, bedeck, array, garland, swathe, cover, ornament, bedizen
string up, send to the gallows
hover, float, drift, be suspended
hang up
attend, give ear, advert, pay heed
cling
fall, flow
string up

Use "hangs" in a sentence

1. Thereby hangs a question.

2. Thereby hangs a tale.

3. That my daughter hangs out with.

4. The starvation hangs over their lives.

5. Their courage hangs by a thread.

6. Uncertainty again hangs over the project.

7. I looked whose back hangs sorrowfully.

8. I'll decide who hangs the map.

9. The radiance of power hangs around him.

10. Despair hangs heavy in the stifling air.

11. An odour of corruption hangs about him.

12. After his rebellion fails, he hangs himself.

13. 12 Bough that bears most, hangs lowest.

14. An ornate clock hangs from the ceiling.

15. A naked man's life hangs in the balance.

16. Tell him his life hangs in the balance.

17. 14 Yummy hangs up the phone in disgust!

18. This is where the Banjo world hangs out!

19. The Third Reich hangs over Nuremberglike a bad smell.

20. He's so fat, his belly hangs over his trousers.

21. Dew hangs on a spider web near Independence, Kan.

22. The fate of humanity itself hangs in the balance

23. A sense of alienation hangs around me like smoke.

24. 1 The bough that bears most, hangs lowest. 

25. A question mark still hangs over Beckham's match-fitness.

26. A big question mark hangs over the company's future.

27. A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 

28. • The airship's Charred ensign hangs in the nearby church

29. The airship's charred ensign hangs in the nearby church.

30. Judas the betrayer hangs himself (Ac 1:18, 19)

31. Tell him his friend's life hangs in the balance.

32. Your everlasting soul hangs in the balance, not poems.

33. SonicWall GVC hangs on "Authenticating" by Mark8081

34. The future of the company hangs in the balance.

35. The future of the nations hangs in the balance.

36. His career, much more than mine, hangs in the balance.

37. A question mark hangs over the future of the company.

38. The leech hangs about other people hoping to obtain money.

39. The future of the refuge still hangs in the balance.

40. Smoke hangs in a yellow pall over half the country.

41. ISIL on his tail, and he just hangs in there?

42. The skirt has been shaped so that it hangs loosely.

43. The seal's life hangs on a roll of the ice.

44. 22 A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 

45. Over it all hangs the torpid sullen breeze of May.

46. About everything he writes hangs a faint savour of calculation.

47. A big question mark hangs over the wisdom of the move.

48. A large white square Birdcage that hangs from a tree outside

49. This pulchritude hangs from the side wall of a bombard house.

50. It hangs, he assures me, in the billiards room of White's.