hang – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of hang

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to hang about together
Participle: hanged about together; hung about together
Gerund: hanging about together

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ihang about together
youhang about together
he;she;ithangs about together
wehang about together
youhang about together
theyhang about together

Perfect

Ihave hanged about together; hung about together
youhave hanged about together; hung about together
he;she;ithas hanged about together; hung about together
wehave hanged about together; hung about together
youhave hanged about together; hung about together
theyhave hanged about together; hung about together

Past

Ihanged about together; hung about together
youhanged about together; hung about together
he;she;ithanged about together; hung about together
wehanged about together; hung about together
youhanged about together; hung about together
theyhanged about together; hung about together

Pluperfect

Ihad hanged about together; hung about together
youhad hanged about together; hung about together
he;she;ithad hanged about together; hung about together
wehad hanged about together; hung about together
youhad hanged about together; hung about together
theyhad hanged about together; hung about together

Future

Iwill hang about together
youwill hang about together
he;she;itwill hang about together
wewill hang about together
youwill hang about together
theywill hang about together

Future Perfect

Iwill have hanged about together; hung about together
youwill have hanged about together; hung about together
he;she;itwill have hanged about together; hung about together
wewill have hanged about together; hung about together
youwill have hanged about together; hung about together
theywill have hanged about together; hung about together

Subjunctive

Present

Ihang about together
youhang about together
he;she;ithang about together
wehang about together
youhang about together
theyhang about together

Perfect

Ihave hanged about together; hung about together
youhave hanged about together; hung about together
he;she;ithave hanged about together; hung about together
wehave hanged about together; hung about together
youhave hanged about together; hung about together
theyhave hanged about together; hung about together

Imperfect

Ihanged about together; hung about together
youhanged about together; hung about together
he;she;ithanged about together; hung about together
wehanged about together; hung about together
youhanged about together; hung about together
theyhanged about together; hung about together

Pluperfect

Ihad hanged about together; hung about together
youhad hanged about together; hung about together
he;she;ithad hanged about together; hung about together
wehad hanged about together; hung about together
youhad hanged about together; hung about together
theyhad hanged about together; hung about together

Conditional

Present

Iwould hang about together
youwould hang about together
he;she;itwould hang about together
wewould hang about together
youwould hang about together
theywould hang about together

Perfect

Iwould have hanged about together; hung about together
youwould have hanged about together; hung about together
he;she;itwould have hanged about together; hung about together
wewould have hanged about together; hung about together
youwould have hanged about together; hung about together
theywould have hanged about together; hung about together

Imperative

youhang about together
weLet's hang about together
youhang about together

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam hanging about together
youare hanging about together
he;she;itis hanging about together
weare hanging about together
youare hanging about together
theyare hanging about together

Perfect

Ihave been hanging about together
youhave been hanging about together
he;she;ithas been hanging about together
wehave been hanging about together
youhave been hanging about together
theyhave been hanging about together

Past

Iwas hanging about together
youwere hanging about together
he;she;itwas hanging about together
wewere hanging about together
youwere hanging about together
theywere hanging about together

Pluperfect

Ihad been hanging about together
youhad been hanging about together
he;she;ithad been hanging about together
wehad been hanging about together
youhad been hanging about together
theyhad been hanging about together

Future

Iwill be hanging about together
youwill be hanging about together
he;she;itwill be hanging about together
wewill be hanging about together
youwill be hanging about together
theywill be hanging about together

Future Perfect

Iwill have been hanging about together
youwill have been hanging about together
he;she;itwill have been hanging about together
wewill have been hanging about together
youwill have been hanging about together
theywill have been hanging about together

Conditional

Present

Iwould be hanging about together
youwould be hanging about together
he;she;itwould be hanging about together
wewould be hanging about together
youwould be hanging about together
theywould be hanging about together

Perfect

Iwould have been hanging about together
youwould have been hanging about together
he;she;itwould have been hanging about together
wewould have been hanging about together
youwould have been hanging about together
theywould have been hanging about together

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'hang'

hang, overhang, rehang,

Verbs similar to 'hang'

bang, dang, fang, gang, hag, han, hand, hank, hong, mang,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

be or remain suspended
dangle, suspend
execute (someone) by suspension from the neck
kill by hanging
be executed
gallows, swing, take a ride to Tyburn, die by hanging
to have something as a necessary condition
depend, hinge, lean, rely, rest, stay, turn
dangle
hook, suspend, attach
execute
gibbet, lynch
decorate
adorn, drape, furnish
cling
adhere, depend, rely, rest
hesitate
demur, halt, waver
hover
float, linger, poise, loiter

Antonyms

execute
fail, quit, abandon
hesitate
jump, attack, hasten, career

Additional Information

Cf. Old English strong verb hōn .

Etymology

1. a fusion of O.E. hon "suspend" (transitive, class VII strong verb; past tense heng, pp. hangen), and O.E. hangian (weak, intransitive, past tense hangode) "be suspended;" also probably influenced by O.N. hengja "suspend," and hanga "be suspended." All from P.Gmc. *khang-, from PIE *keng- "to waver, be in suspense" (cf. Goth. hahan, Hittite gang- "to hang," Skt. sankate "wavers," L. cunctari "to delay;" see also second element in Stonehenge). Hung emerged as pp. 16c. in northern England dial., and hanged endured only in legal language (which tends to be conservative) and metaphors extended from it (I'll be hanged). Teen slang sense of "spend time" first recorded 1951; hang around "idle, loiter" is from 1830, and hang out (v.) is from 1844. Hang fire (1781) was originally used of guns that were slow in communicating the fire through the vent to the charge. Hanger-on is from 1549. To get the hang of (something) "understand" is from 1845. Hang-up "psychological fixation" is first attested 1959. To let it all hang out "be relaxed and uninhibited" is from 1970.
2. From Middle English hangen, hongen, from a fusion of Old English hōn (“to hang, be hanging”, transitive verb) and hangian (“to hang, cause to hang”, intransitive verb), respectively from the transitive verb Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han and the intransitive verb *hangēn; also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja (“to suspend”) and hanga (“to be suspended”); all from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną and *hangāną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to waver, be in suspense”).
3. See also Dutch hangen, Low German hangen and hängen, German hängen, Norwegian Bokmål henge, Norwegian Nynorsk henga; also Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (hāhan), Hittite 𒂵𒀀𒀭𒂵 (/⁠kānk-⁠/, “to hang”), Sanskrit शङ्कते (śáṅkate, “is in doubt, hesitates”), Latin cūnctārī (“to delay”). See: Middle English 'hangen', Proto-Germanic '*hanhaną', Dutch 'hangen', Low Saxon 'hangen', German, old spelling 'hängen', Norwegian 'henge', Norwegian, nynorsk 'henga', Sanskrit 'शङ्कते', Latin 'cunctor'.

Verbs referencing "hang"

German, old spelling hängen, Norwegian, nynorsk hengja, Cimbrian hangan, Latin cunctor, Luxembourgish hänken, Norwegian, nynorsk henga, Sanskrit शङ्कते, Danish hænge.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] box, had the remotest reference to, or connection with, those chaste and pretty, not to say gorgeous little bowers, sketched by a masterly hand, in the highly varnished lithographic plan hanging up in the agent 's counting-house in the city of London: that this room of state, in short, could be anything but a pleasant fiction and cheerful jest of the captain 's, invented and put in practice [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] it. And I know too, that, bating a certain tacit avoidance of any allusion to to-morrow; such as may be supposed to prevail between delicate-minded turnkeys, and a sensitive prisoner who is to be hanged next morning; we got on very well, and, all things considered, were merry enough. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] opened, and a small quadroon boy, between four and five years of age, entered the room. There was something in his appearance remarkably beautiful and engaging. His black hair, fine as floss silk, hung in glossy curls about his round, dimpled face, while a pair of large dark eyes, full of fire and softness, looked out from beneath the rich, long lashes, as he peered curiously into the apartment. A [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] seen from the wet and rolling decks, it only impressed one giddily and painfully. In the gale of last night the life-boat had been crushed by one blow of the sea like a walnut-shell; and there it hung dangling in the air: a mere faggot of crazy boards. The planking of the paddle-boxes had been torn sheer away. The wheels were exposed and bare; and they whirled and dashed their spray about the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • A very humane jurist once said, The worst use you can put a man to is to hang him. No; there is another use that a man can be put to that is WORSE ! (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] after lodgings in a pantomime ) at a very small clockmaker 's one story high, near the hotel; which, in addition to various symbols and devices, almost covering the whole front, had a great dial hanging out—to be jumped through, of course. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] into ladies sometimes, I don't know; but, sometimes, when a body has de heaviest kind o ’ ’ sponsibility on ’ em, as ye may say, and is all kinder _”seris’_ and taken up, dey takes dat ar time to be hangin ’ round and kinder interferin ’ ! Now, Missis, she wanted me to do dis way, and she wanted me to do dat way; and, finally, I got kinder sarcy, and, says I, ’ Now, Missis, do jist look at dem [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] Paap, the celebrated Dwarf, might have lived and died happily in the cabin, which was fitted with common sash-windows like an ordinary dwelling-house. These windows had bright-red curtains, too, hung on slack strings across the lower panes; so that it looked like the parlour of a Lilliputian public-house, which had got afloat in a flood or some other water accident, and was drifting nobody knew [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] sun, is Wall Street: the Stock Exchange and Lombard Street of New York. Many a rapid fortune has been made in this street, and many a no less rapid ruin. Some of these very merchants whom you see hanging about here now, have locked up money in their strong-boxes, like the man in the Arabian Nights, and opening them again, have found but withered leaves. Below, here by the water-side, where the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] an impatient dogged shake; and fixes his eyes upon his book again. As we withdraw our heads, the door closes on him, and is fastened as before. This man has murdered his wife, and will probably be hanged. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Hang the other poster in sight. Hide all Arabic books. Turn the light off. Hide anything Arabic. (Dormitory)
  • Yeah. Listen, we 're out by the pool chilling, hanging, (Kill Trip)
  • along just as smoothly. I wasn't hung up in traffic, and I had dressed that morning (Suburban Fury)