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| Main Entry: |
hang
 [hang] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend or be suspended |
| Synonyms: | adhere, attach, be fastened, be in mid-air, be loose, be pendent, be poised, beetle, bend, bow, cling, cover, dangle, deck, decorate, depend, drape, drift, droop, drop, fasten, fix, flap, float, flop, furnish, hold, hover, impend, incline, lean, loll, lop, lower, nail, overhang, pin, project, remain, rest, sag, stay up, stick, swing, tack, trail, wave |
| Main Entry: | hang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depend on future action |
| Synonyms: | await, be conditional upon, be contingent on, be dependent on, be determined by, be in limbo, be in suspense, cling, hinge, pend, rest, turn on |
| Main Entry: | hung |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suspended |
| Synonyms: | dangling, hanging, swaying |
Example Sentences
- My idea is that all these animals hung around at the edge of the retreating glaciers.
- Some of us were friends and hung out together on weekends.
- Those records showed that the length of time the fog hung around at ground level during the day had radically diminished.
| Main Entry: | append |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add, join |
| Synonyms: | adjoin, affix, annex, attach, conjoin, fasten, fix, hang, subjoin, supplement, tack on, tag on |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, subtract, take away |
| Main Entry: | bag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | droop |
| Synonyms: | balloon, billow, bulge, flap, flop, hang, lop, sag, swell |
| Main Entry: | catatonic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unaware |
| Synonyms: | comatose, confused, hung, suspended, unconscious, wedged |
| Main Entry: | compare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine in contrast |
| Synonyms: | analyze, approach, balance, bracket, collate, confront, consider, contemplate, contrast, correlate, divide, equal, examine, hang, hold a candle to, inspect, juxtapose, match, match up, measure, observe, oppose, parallel, place in juxtaposition, ponder, rival, scan, scrutinize, segregate, separate, set against, set side by side, size up, stack up against, study, touch, weigh, weigh against another |
| Notes: | compare emphasizes the similarities between or among things, though not losing sight of the differences; contrast emphasizes the differences |
| Main Entry: | contrast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compare, differ |
| Synonyms: | balance, be a foil to, be contrary to, be dissimilar, be diverse, be unlike, be variable, bracket, collate, conflict, contradict, depart, deviate, differentiate, disagree, distinguish, diverge, hang, hold a candle to, match up, mismatch, oppose, separate, set in opposition, set off, stack up against, stand out, vary, weigh |
| Antonyms: | accord, agree, be alike, be equal, be similar, coincide, concur, conform |
| Main Entry: | crucify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | execute; torture near to death |
| Synonyms: | excruciate, hang, harrow, kill, martyr, martyrize, nail to cross, persecute, rack, torment, torture |
| Antonyms: | exalt |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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