Dictionary Entry

hang

Part of Speech: nounPronunciation: [heɪŋ]Used In Literature ↓

The way in which something hangs.

In a Sentence

“This skirt has a nice hang.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

around hangover hang

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Poetry examples for “hang”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

They hang us now in Shrewsbury jail:
The whistles blow forlorn,

"Now, you see, they hang me high,
And the people passing by

And here 'tis only I
Shall hang so high.

These, tho' unseen, are ever on the wing,
Hang o'er the Box, and hover round the Ring.
Think what an equipage thou hast in Air, 45

If not so pleased, at council-board rejoice,
To see their judgments hang upon thy voice;
From morn to night, at senate, rolls, and hall,

The Furies sink upon their iron beds,
And snakes uncurl'd hang listening round their heads.

These, though unseen, are ever on the wing,
Hang o'er the box, and hover round the ring.
Think what an equipage thou hast in air,

And his eyes could see
The white moon hang like a breast revealed
By the slipping shawl of stars,

And rich perfumed smells
Hang like a wind-forgotten cloud,
And shroud

The stars hang thick in the apple tree,
The south wind smells of the pungent sea,