hang

1 to place on an elevated point without support from below <hang your coats on the coat rack in the hall> Synonyms dangle, sling, suspend, swing Related Words hook, mount, pin, tack; drape, festoon, garland, string; extend (out), jut, project, stick out; overhang, protrude; cascade, depend, fall; balance, poise

2 to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) <our plan to go to the amusement park has all been worked out; now it just hangs on the weather> Synonyms depend, hinge, ride, turnRelated Words base, establish, found, rest, stay; ground

3 to be limp from lack of water or vigor <as they neared the end of the long, hard march all but the most hardy were hanging, and some could barely put one foot in front of the other> Synonyms flag, droop, loll, sag, swag, wiltRelated Words slouch, slump; cave (in), collapse, crumple, drop, fall, sink, subside, yieldNear Antonyms distend, stiffen; rise, straighten, unbend, uncurl

4 to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air <hanging just above the horizon was a little pink cloud> Synonyms drift, glide, float, hover, poise, ride, sail, swim, waftRelated Words bob, dangle, suspend; buoy; balloon, raftNear Antonyms dive, lunge, plunge; dip, immerse, submerge, submerseAntonyms settle, sink

5 to find a basis <that's very slim evidence upon which to hang a theory> Synonyms ground, base, predicate, restRelated Words establish, found; assume, postulate, premise, presume, presuppose, suppose