If something hangs in a high place or position, or if you hang it there, it is attached there so it does not touch the ground.

to hang

a judge who was renowned for sentencing criminals to death by hanging

one of two or more adjacent pawns on central half-open files with no pawns of the same colour on the files immediately to left and right of them

a plant that grows downwards or hangs , often from a hanging basket or a high surface

the rocks on the upper side of an inclined fault plane or mineral vein

a tapestry , etc, hung on a wall as a decoration

A hanging basket is a basket with small ropes or chains attached so that it can be hung from a hook . Hanging baskets are usually used for displaying plants or storing fruit and vegetables .

a glacier situated on a shelf above a valley or another glacier; it may be joined to the lower level by an icefall or separate from it

a crime that is punishable by hanging

a tributary valley entering a main valley at a much higher level because of overdeepening of the main valley, esp by glacial erosion

a group of people that selects and hangs works of art to exhibit

a wardrobe containing a rail with a large amount of space underneath, so that clothes can be hung on hangers placed onto the rail

a style of text-setting in which the first line of a paragraph is set to the full measure and subsequent lines are indented at the left-hand side

the fruit that grows low on a tree and is therefore easy to reach

to persist

If you ask someone to hang on , you ask them to wait or stop what they are doing or saying for a moment .

If you hang up or you hang up the phone , you end a phone call . If you hang up on someone you are speaking to on the phone, you end the phone call suddenly and unexpectedly.

If you hang out clothes that you have washed , you hang them on a clothes line to dry .

to eavesdrop

A cliffhanger is a situation or part of a play or film that is very exciting or frightening because you are left for a long time not knowing what will happen next .

to waste time; loiter

If you hang back , you move or stay slightly behind a person or group, usually because you are nervous about something.

to frequent the company of (someone)

If you hang around , hang about , or hang round , you stay in the same place doing nothing, usually because you are waiting for something or someone.

to remain in a place after others have left ; linger

If two people or groups hang together , they stay with each other and support each other even though they may disagree on some things.

if a question or remark is left hanging in the air, people avoid discussing it because they do not want to deal with it or the issues involved

(in ancient Babylon ) gardens, probably planted on terraces of a ziggurat : one of the Seven Wonders of the World

said to mean that someone is likely to lose their job soon

if something difficult or unpleasant is hanging over someone's head, it worries them because it may cause something bad to happen to them in the future

said to mean that something is likely to be destroyed or ended soon

said to mean that someone is managing to survive in a difficult situation or to stay in the position they want to, but they are always in danger of failing

to be in a situation in which something very bad could happen to you at any time