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hang

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of HANG

1
to place on an elevated point without support from below <hang your coats on the coat rack in the hall>
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 hang, hinge, ride, turn
Related 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, hang, loll, sag, swag, wilt
Related Words slouch, slump; cave (in), collapse, crumple, drop, fall, sink, subside, yield
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>
Related Words bob, dangle, suspend; buoy; balloon, raft
Antonyms settle, sink
5
to find a basis <that's very slim evidence upon which to hang a theory>

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