Hung - English meaning

Hung – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Past and past participle of hang.
adjective
(of an elected body) having no political party with an overall majority.
Usage examples:
A hung parliament
adjective
Emotionally confused or disturbed.
Usage examples:
People are hung up in all sorts of ways
adjective
Used in similes to refer to the size of a man's genitals.
Usage examples:
He's hung like a horse

verb
Suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free.
Usage examples:
That's where people are supposed to hang their washing
Synonims:
Be suspendedHang downBe pendentDangleSwingSwayDepend
verb
Kill (someone) by tying a rope attached from above around their neck and removing the support from beneath them (often used as a form of capital punishment).
Usage examples:
He was hanged for murder
Synonims:
Execute by hangingHang by the neckSend to the gallowsSend to the gibbetSend to the scaffoldGibbetPut to deathLynchString up
verb
Remain static in the air.
Usage examples:
A black pall of smoke hung over valletta
Synonims:
HoverFloatDriftLingerRemain staticBe suspendedBe poised
verb
Come or cause to come unexpectedly to a state in which no further operations can be carried out.
Usage examples:
The machine has hung
verb
Spend time relaxing or enjoying oneself.
Usage examples:
I guess i wasn't cool enough to hang with them anymore
verb
Deliver (a pitch) which does not change direction and is easily hit by a batter.
Usage examples:
This leads to hanging a breaking ball

Past simple and past participle of hang

Hung translation into English

Hung: translate from English into Chinese

挂

Hung: translate from English into Dutch

Opgehangen

Hung: translate from English into French

Suspendu, Sans majorité

Hung: translate from English into German

Aufgehängt

Hung: translate from English into Hindi

त्रिशंकु

Hung: translate from English into Italian

Sospeso

Hung: translate from English into Korean

매달린

Hung: translate from English into Russian

Повесили

Hung: translate from English into Spanish

Colgado

Word origin

Old English hangian (intransitive verb), of West Germanic origin, related to Dutch and German hangen, reinforced by the Old Norse transitive verb hanga .

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Hung synonims

dangle

ˈdæŋ.ɡəl

verb
Hang or swing loosely.
Usage examples:
Saucepans dangled from a rail

verb
To hang loosely, or to cause something to hang
Usage examples:
[ i ] a loose wire was dangling from the wall., [ t ] he dangled the puppet in front her.

verb
To hang loosely, or to hold something so that it hangs loosely
Usage examples:
Dangle from loose electric wires were dangling from the wall., he dangled the puppet in front of th…

Dangle - all meanings in English

depend

dɪˈpend

verb
Be controlled or determined by.
Usage examples:
Differences in earnings depended on a wide variety of factors

verb
To be influenced or determined by something else
Usage examples:
All of this depends on how the test is constructed., “do you eat out at lunchtime?” “well, it depen…

verb
To be decided by or to change according to the stated thing
Usage examples:
Depend on whether or not we go to mexico for our holiday depends on the cost.

Depend - all meanings in English

drift

drɪft

verb
Be carried slowly by a current of air or water.
Usage examples:
The cabin cruiser started to drift downstream

noun
A continuous slow movement from one place to another.
Usage examples:
There was a drift to the towns

verb
To move slowly, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction
Usage examples:
Drift out to sea no one noticed that the boat had begun to drift out to sea., drift out many vehicl…

Drift - all meanings in English

float

fləʊt

verb
Rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking.
Usage examples:
She relaxed, floating gently in the water

noun
A thing that is buoyant in water.
Usage examples:
Eventually the many rings were threaded, the float attached, shotted and the hook tied on.

verb
Be on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

Float - all meanings in English

gibbet

ˈdʒɪb.ɪt

noun
A gallows.
Usage examples:
A keen historian he also spent considerable time searching for items of historical interest and eve…

verb
Hang up (a body) on a gibbet.
Usage examples:
Hangings were public affairs and sometimes the bodies were gibbeted - left on the noose after death…

noun
A wooden structure from which criminals were hanged, in the past, as a form of execution (= killing as a punishment)

Gibbet - all meanings in English

hover

verb
Remain in one place in the air.
Usage examples:
Army helicopters hovered overhead

noun
An act of remaining in the air in one place.
Usage examples:
Keep the model in a stable hover

verb
Hang in the air; fly or be suspended above

Hover - all meanings in English

linger

verb
Stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave.
Usage examples:
She lingered in the yard, enjoying the warm sunshine

verb
To take longer than usual to leave or disappear
Usage examples:
We went to small cafes where we could linger over cappuccino., the smell lingered in the kitchen fo…

Linger - all meanings in English

lynch

verb
(of a group of people) kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging.
Usage examples:
Her father had been lynched for a crime he didn't commit

verb
(of a group of people) to kill someone who has not been found guilty of a crime at a legal trial, esp. by hanging (= killed using a rope around the neck)

Lynch - all meanings in English

sway

verb
Move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side.
Usage examples:
He swayed slightly on his feet

noun
A rhythmical movement from side to side.
Usage examples:
The easy sway of her hips

verb
Move back and forth

Sway - all meanings in English

swing

verb
Move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis.
Usage examples:
Her long black skirt swung about her legs

noun
A seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.
Usage examples:
The chains that had been holding the seat of the swing up were still sticking straight out.

verb
Change direction with a swinging motion; turn

Swing - all meanings in English

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