HANGS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

the way a garment hangs

Example: he adjusted the hang of his coat

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

a special way of doing something

Example: he had a bent for it; he had a special knack for getting into trouble; he couldn't get the hang of it

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Verb

hold on tightly or tenaciously

Example: hang on to your father's hands; The child clung to his mother's apron

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Verb

cause to be hanging or suspended

Example: Hang that picture on the wall

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Verb

place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction

Example: hang a door

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Verb

be placed in position as by a hinge

Example: This cabinet door doesn't hang right!

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Verb

be suspended or poised

Example: Heavy fog hung over the valley

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Verb

be suspended or hanging

Example: The flag hung on the wall

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Verb

fall or flow in a certain way

Example: This dress hangs well; Her long black hair flowed down her back

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Verb

decorate or furnish with something suspended

Example: Hang wallpaper

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Verb

let drop or droop

Example: Hang one's head in shame

Meaning 13

Part of speech: Verb

suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste

Example: hang the venison for a few days

Meaning 14

Part of speech: Verb

give heed (to)

Example: The children in the audience attended the recital quietly; She hung on his every word; They attended to everything he said

Meaning 15

Part of speech: Verb

kill by hanging

Example: The criminal was hanged on Friday

Meaning 16

Part of speech: Verb

prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury

Meaning 17

Part of speech: Verb

be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive

Example: This worry hangs on my mind; The cloud of suspicion hangs over her

Meaning 18

Part of speech: Verb

be exhibited

Example: Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum