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- [hang]
- /hæŋ/
- /hæŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hang]
- /hæŋ/
Definitions of hanged word
- verb with object hanged to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend. 1
- verb with object hanged to attach or suspend so as to allow free movement: to hang a pendulum. 1
- verb with object hanged to place in position or fasten so as to allow easy or ready movement. 1
- verb with object hanged to put to death by suspending by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, yardarm, or the like. 1
- verb with object hanged to suspend (oneself) by the neck until dead: He hanged himself from a beam in the attic. 1
- verb with object hanged to fasten to a cross; crucify. 1
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Origin of hanged
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; fusion of 3 verbs: (1) Middle English, Old English hōn to hang (transitive), cognate with Gothic hāhan, orig. *haghan; (2) Middle English hang(i)en, Old English hangian to hang (intransitive), cognate with German hangen; (3) Middle English henge < Old Norse hengja (transitive), cognate with German hängen to hang
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Parts of speech for Hanged
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hanged popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
hanged usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hanged
adjective hanged
- gassed — drunk.
- garroted — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- executed — Carry out or put into effect (a plan, order, or course of action).
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