Hang

Hang

1. To execute by suspending by the neck: They hanged the prisoner at dawn.
2. To fasten from above with no support from below. The ham was hanging in the smokehouse.
3. To suspend or fasten so as to allow free movement at or about the point of suspension. We need to hang some doors before we can go home.
4. To hold or incline downward; let droop. You should hang your head in sorrow for what you did.
5. To deadlock a jury by failing to render a unanimous verdict. The murder trial ended up with a hung jury.

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Shown is an old-time gallows for hanging