handwriting
- n something written by hand
she recognized his handwriting - n the activity of writing by hand
handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis - v write by hand
handwriting expert
- n a specialist in inferring character from handwriting
hang
- n a special way of doing something
he couldn't get the hang of it - n the way a garment hangs
he adjusted the hang of his coat - n a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- v be suspended or hanging
- v cause to be hanging or suspended
- v kill by hanging
The murderer was hanged on Friday - v let drop or droop
- v fall or flow in a certain way
This dress hangs well - v be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
This worry hangs on my mind
The cloud of suspicion hangs over her - v give heed (to)
- v be suspended or poised
- v hold on tightly or tenaciously
hang on to your father's hands - v be exhibited
Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum - v prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- v decorate or furnish with something suspended
- v be placed in position as by a hinge
This cabinet door doesn't hang right! - v place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
hang a door - v suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
hang the venison for a few days
hang glider
- n a rider of a hang glider
- n a glider resembling a large kite; the rider hangs from it while descending from a height
hang gliding
- n gliding in a hang glider
- v fly by means of a hang glider
hangar
- n a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained
hangchow
- n a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world
hanger
- n a worker who hangs something
- n anything from which something can be hung