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To be or remain suspended.

Example: The lights hung from the ceiling.

To float, as if suspended.

Example: The smoke hung in the room.

(of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.

To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.

Example: He hung his head in shame.

Suspended.

Example: The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.

(of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.

(of an off-speed pitch) Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher hence relatively easy to hit.

Example: hanging breaking ball

(of a person) ugly; very unattractive

The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

Example: Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.

A sometimes public event at which a person is hanged.

Example: The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.

Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins or posters).

Example: The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.

The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

Example: I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.