Definition of To hang upon. Meaning of To hang upon. Synonyms of To hang upon

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Definition of To hang upon

To hang upon
To hang over. (a) To project at the top. (b) To impend over. To hang to, to cling. To hang together. (a) To remain united; to stand by one another. ``We are all of a piece; we hang together.' --Dryden. (b) To be self-consistent; as, the story does not hang together. [Colloq.] To hang upon. (a) To regard with passionate affection. (b) (Mil.) To hover around; as, to hang upon the flanks of a retreating enemy.

Meaning of To hang upon from wikipedia

- was called away to war, 只得寄情绣包存;Each month a wondrous purse embroidered she to hang upon the bough, 荷包香美已成串,Drawstring pulled tight upon sweet fragrance...
- Hang-On is an arcade racing game released by Sega in 1985 and later ported to the Master System. In the game, the player controls a motorcycle against...
- of the genitours were to swarm around the enemy, to overwhelm him with darts, to draw off if he charged in m****, but to hang upon his flanks and charge...
- To be hanged, drawn and quartered became a statutory penalty for men convicted of high treason in the Kingdom of England from 1352 under King Edward III...
- Hang Tuah (Jawi: هڠ تواه‎, from /tuha/ or /toh/ (توه); born c. 1431 – c. 1444), according to the semi-historical Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu), was a warrior...
- or few do hang, upon those boughs". Logic would require that few should precede none; in fact, if the boughs were bare, no leaves would hang. Frank argues...
- is also a method of suicide. The past and past participle of hang in this sense is hanged, not hung. There are numerous methods of hanging in execution...
- In computing, a hang or freeze occurs when either a process or system ceases to respond to inputs. A typical example is when computer's graphical user...
- may refer to: Ramen or lamen, a ****anese noodle soup Lamen (magic), a magical pendant or breastplate worn around the neck so that it hangs upon the breast...
- to John, the eldest; and Tom was cautioned by his mother not to hang upon his brother. Being a very spirited boy, he took this ****ction so much to heart...