Definition of hang one's head
:to have one's head turned downward because of shame or embarrassment
- He hung his head in shame.
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: to fasten to some elevated point without support from below : suspend
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: to suspend by the neck until dead
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: to fasten so as to allow free motion within given limits upon a point of suspension
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: the manner in which a thing is poised when suspended from above without support from below : the way in which a thing hangs (see 1hang)
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: declivity, slope
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: facility with or an understanding of something
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