Meaning of hung in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /həŋ/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    hung

    Definitions

    1. (usually followed by `with' or used in a combining form) having items suspended on or from a support

    Examples

    • « walls hung with valuable paintings »
    • « a vine-hung trellis »

    Synonyms

Famous quotes

  • « Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth. »
    Joan of Arc
  • « I've hung out at dozens of playgrounds, bored out of my mind, with not even a look of comfort from disapproving mothers all around me. Either they think I'm a pedophile or a deadbeat dad. That's what I get for being a single dad - suspicious looks at the playground. »
    Dominic West
  • « Kinkade estimated that one of his paintings hung in every twenty homes in America. Yet the art world unanimously ignores or reviles him. Me included. »
    Jerry Saltz
  • « God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.' »
    Billy Graham
  • « I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less. »
    Susan B. Anthony

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