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# hang

«hang» in Mova's school dictionary: **to put something up so it is held from above, like a coat…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (hang, hangs, hung, hanging); noun (get the hang of)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To hang is to put something up so it is held from above, like a coat on a hook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/#m1)

2) To hang is also to be held from above, with the lower part free, like a bat hanging upside down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/#m2)

3) To hang around or hang out is to spend time somewhere doing nothing special. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/#m3)

4) To hang up is to end a phone call. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/#m4)

5) To get the hang of something is to learn how to do it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/#m5)

6) To hang someone means to kill them by tying a rope around their neck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

an action of placing things: pictures, coats, lights hung in rows or on hooks; things on each hook; in everyday life: hang up your coat, hang washing on the line, hang on (wait); in stories fruit hangs from trees and bats hang in caves; phrases: «hang on», «hang up», «hang out with friends», «hang in there» (do not give up)

### examples

- She hangs 4 pictures on each wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/#x1)
- 12 coats hang on the hooks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/#x2)
- He hung 30 lights in 5 rows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/#x3)
- How many shirts are hanging? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/#x4)
- Hang your bag on your peg before class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/#x5)
- Bats hang upside down when they sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/#x6)
- Hang on a minute, I am coming! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/#x7)
- She hung up the phone and ran outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/#x8)
- After a few tries, Leo got the hang of riding his bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/#x9)
- Now they're going to hang me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/#x10)

### note

«Each» with hang marks equal groups: total = groups × each. Hanging itself adds nothing. Past: hung (a picture was hung). «Hang out» is casual for spending time together. «Hang on» means wait or hold tight.

### In the corpora

- [If a call sounds like family asking for money, hang up and call them back on their usual number.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie/13/)
- [Long curved claws hook over branches, so a sloth can hang upside down for hours, even asleep, without tiring.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey/6/)
- [In Kenya, farmers hang beehives along fences, and the elephants keep away from their fields.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/5/)
- [Only monkeys of the Americas have gripping tails; no monkey of Africa or Asia can hang by its tail.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/156-the-amazon-canopy/13/)
- [Some honeypot ant workers swell with sweet liquid and hang from the nest roof like living jars, storing food for hard times.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hang» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hang/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.