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hang

Main Entry: ¹hang

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): hung, hanging

Language: English

transitive verb

1 suspend : colgar, tender, suspender
2 past tense often hanged execute : colgar, ahorcar
3 to hang one's head : bajar la cabeza

intransitive verb

1 fall : caer (dícese de las telas y la ropa)
2 dangle : colgar
3 hover : flotar, sostenerse en el aire
4 : ser ahorcado
5 droop : inclinarse
6 to hang up : colgar <he hung up on me : me colgó>

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