hung
adj.
suspended; attached; executed by suspending by the neck with a rope; unable to reach a unanimous decision (about a jury); stuck, locked up (about a computer); (Slang) having a large penis (vulgar)
hang
v.
suspend; be suspended; attach, affix; let droop; execute by suspending by the neck (from a gallows, gibbet, etc.); depend; be closely attentive; be stuck, stop working (Computers)
Hung
hung
Adjective
1. (usually followed by `with' or used in a combining form) having items suspended on or from a support; "walls hung with valuable paintings"; "a vine-hung trellis"
(similar) adorned, decorated
(classification) combining form
hang
Noun
1. a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"
(synonym) bent, knack
(hypernym) endowment, gift, talent, natural endowment
2. the way a garment hangs; "he adjusted the hang of his coat"
(hypernym) fit
(derivation) fall, flow
3. a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
(hypernym) gymnastic exercise
(hyponym) bent hang
Verb
1. be suspended or hanging; "The flag hung on the wall"
(hyponym) overhang, beetle
(derivation) hanging, wall hanging
2. cause to be hanging or suspended; "Hang that picture on the wall"
(synonym) hang up
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(hyponym) suspend
(derivation) hanger
3. kill by hanging; "The murdered was hanged on Friday"
(synonym) string up
(hypernym) execute, put to death
(hyponym) halter
(derivation) hanging
4. let drop or droop; "Hang one's head in shame"
(hypernym) drop
5. fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
(synonym) fall, flow
6. be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) brood, hover, loom, bulk large
7. give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"
(synonym) attend, advert, pay heed, give ear
(hypernym) listen
(hyponym) fixate
8. be suspended or poised; "Heavy fog hung over the valley"
(derivation) suspension, dangling, hanging
9. hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
(synonym) cling
(hypernym) grasp, hold on
10. be exhibited; "Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum"
11. prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
(hypernym) obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass
12. decorate or furnish with something suspended; "Hang wallpaper"
(hypernym) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
(derivation) hanging, wall hanging
13. be placed in position as by a hinge; "This cabinet door doesn't hang right!"
14. place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction; "hang a door"
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
15. of meat, in order to get a gamey taste; "hang the venison for a few days"
(hypernym) decompose, rot, molder, moulder
Hung
of Hang
imp. & p. p. of Hang.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
hung
["hung up"] Equivalent to
wedged, but more common at Unix/C sites. Not generally used of people. Synonym with
locked up,
wedged; compare
hosed. See also
hang. A hung state is distinguished from
crashed or
down, where the program or system is also unusable but because it is not running rather than because it is waiting for something. However, the recovery from both situations is often the same.
[
Jargon File]
hang
1. To wait for an event that will never occur. "The system is hanging because it can't read from the crashed drive". See
wedged,
hung.
2. To wait for some event to occur; to hang around until something happens. "The program displays a menu and then hangs until you type a character." Compare
block.
3. To attach a peripheral device, especially in the construction "hang off": "We're going to hang another tape drive off the file server." Implies a device attached with cables, rather than something that is strictly inside the machine's chassis.
(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe