Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hang \Hang\, v. i.
   1. To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without
      support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to
      remain; to stay.

   2. To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion
      on the point or points of suspension.

   3. To die or be put to death by suspension from the neck.
      [R.] ``Sir Balaam hangs.'' --Pope.

   4. To hold for support; to depend; to cling; -- usually with
      on or upon; as, this question hangs on a single point.
      ``Two infants hanging on her neck.'' --Peacham.

   5. To be, or be like, a suspended weight.

            Life hangs upon me, and becomes a burden. --Addison.

   6. To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually
      with over; as, evils hang over the country.

   7. To lean or incline; to incline downward.

            To decide which way hung the victory. --Milton.

            His neck obliquely o'er his shoulder hung. --Pope.

   8. To slope down; as, hanging grounds.

   9. To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to
      linger; to be delayed.

            A noble stroke he lifted high, Which hung not, but
            so swift with tempest fell On the proud crest of
            Satan.                                --Milton.

   {To hang around}, to loiter idly about.

   {To hang back}, to hesitate; to falter; to be reluctant. ``If
      any one among you hangs back.'' --Jowett (Thucyd.).

   {To hang by the eyelids}.
      (a) To hang by a very slight hold or tenure.
      (b) To be in an unfinished condition; to be left
          incomplete.

   {To hang in doubt}, to be in suspense.

   {To hang on} (with the emphasis on the preposition), to keep
      hold; to hold fast; to stick; to be persistent, as a
      disease.

   {To hang on the} {lips, words}, etc., to be charmed by
      eloquence.

   {To hang out}.
      (a) To be hung out so as to be displayed; to project.
      (b) To be unyielding; as, the juryman hangs out against an
          agreement. [Colloq.]