hang – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to hang on to sb
Participle: hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
Gerund: hanging on to sb

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	hang on to sb
you	hang on to sb
he;she;it	hangs on to sb
we	hang on to sb
you	hang on to sb
they	hang on to sb

Perfect

I	have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
you	have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
he;she;it	has hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
we	have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
you	have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
they	have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb

Past

I	hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
you	hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
he;she;it	hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
we	hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
you	hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
they	hanged on to sb; hung on to sb

Pluperfect

I	had hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
you	had hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
he;she;it	had hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
we	had hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
you	had hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
they	had hanged on to sb; hung on to sb

Future

I	will hang on to sb
you	will hang on to sb
he;she;it	will hang on to sb
we	will hang on to sb
you	will hang on to sb
they	will hang on to sb

Future Perfect

I	will have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
you	will have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
he;she;it	will have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
we	will have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
you	will have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
they	will have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb

Subjunctive

Present

I	hang on to sb
you	hang on to sb
he;she;it	hang on to sb
we	hang on to sb
you	hang on to sb
they	hang on to sb

Perfect

I	have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
you	have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
he;she;it	have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
we	have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
you	have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
they	have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb

Imperfect

I	hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
you	hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
he;she;it	hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
we	hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
you	hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
they	hanged on to sb; hung on to sb

Pluperfect

I	had hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
you	had hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
he;she;it	had hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
we	had hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
you	had hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
they	had hanged on to sb; hung on to sb

Conditional

Present

I	would hang on to sb
you	would hang on to sb
he;she;it	would hang on to sb
we	would hang on to sb
you	would hang on to sb
they	would hang on to sb

Perfect

I	would have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
you	would have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
he;she;it	would have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
we	would have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
you	would have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb
they	would have hanged on to sb; hung on to sb

Imperative

you	hang on to sb
we	Let's hang on to sb
you	hang on to sb

Indicative

Present

I	am hanging on to sb
you	are hanging on to sb
he;she;it	is hanging on to sb
we	are hanging on to sb
you	are hanging on to sb
they	are hanging on to sb

Perfect

I	have been hanging on to sb
you	have been hanging on to sb
he;she;it	has been hanging on to sb
we	have been hanging on to sb
you	have been hanging on to sb
they	have been hanging on to sb

Past

I	was hanging on to sb
you	were hanging on to sb
he;she;it	was hanging on to sb
we	were hanging on to sb
you	were hanging on to sb
they	were hanging on to sb

Pluperfect

I	had been hanging on to sb
you	had been hanging on to sb
he;she;it	had been hanging on to sb
we	had been hanging on to sb
you	had been hanging on to sb
they	had been hanging on to sb

Future

I	will be hanging on to sb
you	will be hanging on to sb
he;she;it	will be hanging on to sb
we	will be hanging on to sb
you	will be hanging on to sb
they	will be hanging on to sb

Future Perfect

I	will have been hanging on to sb
you	will have been hanging on to sb
he;she;it	will have been hanging on to sb
we	will have been hanging on to sb
you	will have been hanging on to sb
they	will have been hanging on to sb

Conditional

Present

I	would be hanging on to sb
you	would be hanging on to sb
he;she;it	would be hanging on to sb
we	would be hanging on to sb
you	would be hanging on to sb
they	would be hanging on to sb

Perfect

I	would have been hanging on to sb
you	would have been hanging on to sb
he;she;it	would have been hanging on to sb
we	would have been hanging on to sb
you	would have been hanging on to sb
they	would have been hanging on to sb

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 .

Phrasal Verbs

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)

hang – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of hang

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'hang'

Verbs similar to 'hang'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "hang"

Sample Sentences