hang

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. suspend, dangle, sag; attach; depend, be contingent (on); string up, lynch. See pendency, connection, killing, relation.—n., informal, knack, art, skill.

II

(Roget's IV) v.

1. [To suspend]

Syn. dangle, attach, drape, hook up, put in a sling, hang up, nail on the wall, put on a clothesline, fix, pin up, tack up, drape on the wall, fasten up; see also fasten 1 .

Ant. drop*, throw down, let fall.

2. [To be suspended]

Syn. overhang, be held aloft, wave, flap, be loose, be pendent, droop, flop, be in mid air, swing, dangle, jut, be fastened, impend, hover, stay up.

Ant. fall*, come down, drop.

3. [To kill by hanging]

Syn. execute, lynch, hang by the neck until dead, garrote, string up*, stretch*; see also kill 1 .

4. [To Depend]

Syn. cling, turn on, be determined by; see depend on 1 , 2 .

• get or [m1]• have the hang of,

Syn. have the knack of, grasp, comprehend, learn; see understand 1 .

• not care or [m1]• give a hang about,

Syn. be indifferent toward, not care about, ignore; see neglect 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

1. suspend dangle, drape, depend, stick, pin, affix, sling, fall, swing, be pendent.

2. execute lynch, *string up, *send to the gallows, *invite to a necktie party, gibbet, noose.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To fasten or be fastened at one point with no support from below: dangle, depend, sling, suspend, swing. See HANG. 2. To execute by suspending by the neck: gibbet. Informal: string up. Slang: swing. See HELP. 3. To remain stationary over a place or object: hover, poise. See HANG. II noun Informal. The proper method for doing, using, or handling something: feel, knack, trick. See ABILITY.