hang

To be or remain suspended.

The lights hung from the ceiling.

On the dark-green walls hung a series of eight engravings, portraits of early Victorian belles, clad in lace and tarletan ball dresses, clipped from an old Book of Beauty. Mrs. Bunting was very fond of these pictures; she thought they gave the drawing-room a note of elegance and refinement.

To float, as if suspended.

The smoke hung in the room.

It was a couple of days after the crash, with the smell of burning still hanging in the air from the incinerated wreckage of Coach H, where 31 passengers lost their lives, when I visited the West London site.

To veer in one direction.

The jockey claimed that the horse hung towards the outside[…]

To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.

To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.

He hung his head in shame.

The way in which something hangs.

This skirt has a nice hang.

A mass of hanging material.

They advanced in a crouch, dropping to their knees every few yards to pass under a hang of rock.

“I don't see the hang of so much talky-talky,” broke in Uncle Sam. “We've heard all that can be said about things, […]

A slackening of motion.

A sharp or steep declivity or slope.

An instance of ceasing to respond to input.

We sometimes get system hangs.

Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.