7. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position
instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame.
Cowslips wan that hang the pensive head.
Milton.
To hang down, to let fall below the proper position; to bend down; to
decline; as, to hang down the head, or, elliptically, to hang the head.
-- To hang fire (Mil.), to be slow in communicating fire through the
vent to the charge; as, the gun hangs fire; hence, to hesitate, to hold
back as if in suspense.
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.