v.
 (past and past part. hung except in sense 2)
      - suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part not attached. 
▸attach or be attached so as to allow free movement about the point of attachment.
 ▸attach (meat or game) to a hook and leave it until dry, tender, or high.
 ▸(of fabric or a garment) fall or drape in a specified way.
 ▸paste (wallpaper) to a wall.
 ▸
(be hung with)
 be decorated with (pictures or other decorations).
 (past and past part. hanged)
 kill by tying a rope attached from above around the neck and removing the support from beneath the feet (used as a form of capital punishment). ▸be killed by hanging.
- remain static in the air. 
▸be present or imminent, especially oppressively:
 a sense of dread hung over him.
 - Computing  come unexpectedly to a state in which no further operations can be carried out.
 - Baseball  deliver (a pitch) which does not change direction and is easily hit by a batter.
 - N. Amer. informal way of saying hang around (in sense 2) or hang out.
 
n.
 a downward droop or bend. 
▸the way in which something hangs or is hung.
exclam.
 dated used in expressions as a mild oath:
 well, hang it all!
 
  Phrase
  
    - get the hang of
 informal learn how to operate or do.  - hang fire
 delay or be delayed in taking action.  - hang a left 
(or right)
 N. Amer. informal make a left (or right) turn.  - hang someone out to dry
 informal leave someone in a difficult or vulnerable situation.  - hang ten
 ride a surfboard with all ten toes curled over the board's front edge.  - hang tough
 N. Amer. informal be or remain inflexible or firmly resolved.  - let it all hang out
 informal be very relaxed or uninhibited.  - not care 
(or give)
 a hang
 informal not care at all. 
   
  Phrase verbal
  
  Usage
  Hang has two past tense and past participle forms: hanged and hung. Use hung in most general uses, e.g. he hung the picture on the wall, but use hanged to refer to execution by hanging: the prisoner was hanged.
  Etymology
  OE hangian (v.), of W. Gmc origin, reinforced by the ON verb hanga.