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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hang \Hang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hanged} (h?ngd) or {Hung}; p. pr & vb n. {Hanging}. Usage: The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also more common.] [OE. hangen, hangien, v. t. & i., AS hangian, v. i., fr h?n, v. t. (imp. heng, p. p. hongen); akin to OS hang?n, v. i. D. hangen, v. t. & i., G. hangen, v. i, h["a]ngen, v. t, Isel hanga, v. i., Goth. h[=a]han, v. t. (imp. ha['i]hah), h[=a]han, v. i. (imp. hahaida), and perh. to L. cunctari to delay. [root]37. ] 1. To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out as to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner. 2. To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc 3. To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve. [U. S.] 4. To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as to hang a murderer. 5. To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures trophies, drapery, and the like or by covering with paper hangings; -- said of a wall, a room etc Hung be the heavens with black. --Shak. And hung thy holy roofs with savage spoils. --Dryden. 6. To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room 7. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as he hung his head in shame. Cowslips wan that hang the pensive head. --Milton. {To hang down}, to let fall below the proper position; to bend down to decline as to hang down the head, or elliptically, to hang the head. {To hang fire} (Mil.), to be slow in communicating fire through the vent to the charge; as the gun hangs fire; hence to hesitate, to hold back as if in suspense. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hung \Hung\, imp. & p. p. of {Hang}. {Hung beef}, the fleshy part of beef slightly salted and hung up to dry; dried beef. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hung adj : (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" From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: hung adj [from `hung up'; common] Equivalent to {wedged}, but more common at Unix/C sites. Not generally used of people. Syn. with {locked up}, {wedged}; compare {hosed}. See also {hang}. A hung state is distinguished from {crash}ed 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 It is also distinguished from the similar but more drastic state {wedged} - hung software can be woken up with easy things like interrupt keys, but wedged will need a kill -9 or even reboot. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: 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 {crash}ed 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}]
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