verb Download 🔗Share To be or remain suspended. Examples : "The lights hung from the ceiling." action past participle Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share (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. Examples : "The tennis ball hanged just before the net, giving my opponent time to rush in and win the point. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges or the like. Examples : "Hang those lights from the ceiling." action past participle participle past law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose. Examples : "You will hang for this, my friend." law government history action state inhuman Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share Of a pitcher, to throw a hittable off-speed pitch. Examples : "The pitcher hanged a curveball, and the batter hit it over the fence for a home run. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading