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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง Hang = ‘hang’

ออกเสียง Hung = ‘huhng’

Dictionary.com

SYNONYM STUDY FOR HANG

Hang, lynch have in common the meaning of “to put to death,”

but lynching is not always by hanging.

Hang, in the sense of execute, is inaccordance with a legal sentence,

the method of execution being to suspend by the neck until dead.

To lynch, however, implies the summary putting to death, by any method, of someone charged with a flagrant offense (though guilt may not have been proved).

Lynching is done by private persons, usually a mob, without legal authority. 27. depend, rely, rest, hinge.

USAGE NOTE FOR HANG

Hang has two forms for the past tense and past participle, hanged and hung.

The historically older form hanged is now used exclusively in the sense of causing or putting to death:

His friends were hanged by a lynch mob.

He was sentenced to be hanged by the neck until dead.

In the sense of legal execution, hung is also quite common and is standard in all types of speech and writing except in legal documents.

When legal execution is not meant, hung has become the more frequent form:

The prisoner hung himself in his cell.

BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR HUNG

USAGE FOR HUNG

For most senses of hang the past tense and past participle is hung :

I hung the curtains; he had hung the new painting on the wall .

However, when the meaning is 'to suspend or be suspended by the neck until dead',

the past tense and past participle is hanged:

the traitors were hanged; they had hanged him at dawn.

This form is also used in the idiom I'll be hanged

Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree

hung

fastened from above with no support from below; suspended:

She hung up her clothes.

Not to be confused with:

hanged – executed by suspending by the neck: He was hanged at dawn.

Collins English Dictionary

Usage: For most senses of hang the past tense and past participle is hung:

I hung the curtains; he had hung the new painting on the wall.

However, when the meaning is 'to suspend or be suspended by the neck until dead',

the past tense and past participle is hanged:

the traitors were hanged; they had hanged him at dawn.

This form is also used in the idiom I'll be hanged

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression

Hanged & hung

These principal parts of hang are hang, hung, hung.

However, when the word refers to the death penalty, the parts are hang, hanged, hanged.

“The draperies are hung.” “The murderer was hanged.”

Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group

hang

To suspend game in a dry, cool place to allow time for enzymes to tenderize

and improve the flavor of the flesh.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Hanged vs. Hung: Usage Guide

Verb

For both transitive and intransitive senses 1b the past and past participle hung, as well as hanged, is standard.

Hanged is most appropriate for official executions he was to be hanged, cut down whilst still alive … and his bowels torn out — Louis Allen but hung is also used. gave orders that she should be hung — Peter Quennell Hung is more appropriate for less formal hangings. by morning I'll be hung in effigy — Ronald Reagan

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Usage Notes

Is it 'Hung' or 'Hanged'?

Yes, there are two words for the past tense of 'hang'. Sorry about that.

What to Know

The past tense of hang, in almost all situationsis hung.

You hung a picture on the wall, or you hung out at the mall.

Only use hanged when referring tosomeone being sentenced to death via hanging.

Some people bristle when they hear hanged or hung used incorrectly.

Their blood boils. Their vision blacks out.

Mixing up hung and hanged will make these people thoroughly cheesed off and mad as heck. Irate copy editors are no fun, but you can escape their ire. Read on.

Observing the popular distinction between 'hanged' and 'hung' will not make you a better writer, but it will spare you the annoyance of being corrected for having done something that is not wrong.

The standard rule for the past tense of hang is this: in almost all situations, you should use the word hung.

I hung a picture of Noah Webster on the wall.
After school, she hung out in the library.

Use hanged when referring toa person being suspended by a rope around the neck until dead.

The Salem "witches" were not burned; they were hanged.
Justice Wargrave ordered Edward Seton to be hanged by the neck until dead.

It's not that simple, however: most usage guides reserve hanged for people subjected to death, which means if an inanimate object is suspended from a gallows, the correct term is hung.

Despised by the voters, he was hung in effigy.

A stripped-down version of why we have these two different words

is that the word hang came from two different verbs in Old English

(and possibly also one from Old Norse).

One of these Old English verbs was what we might think of as a regular verb,

and this gave rise to hanged; the other was irregular, and ended up becoming hung.

Hanged and hung were used interchangeablyfor hundreds of years, although over time the one from the irregular verb (hung) eventually became the more common one.

Hanged retained its position when used to refer to death by hanging,

possibly due to being favored by judges who were passing a sentence.

However, both forms are commonly found, and both are commonly found used in either sense.

The Hanged vs. Hung Debate

Is the distinction important?

It's still commonly found in usage guides, which typically say that the past and the past participle of hang should be hanged only when referring to a person being subjected to death.

Hung is preferred, at least by people who make a distinction, in almost every circumstance.

However, not everyone makes this distinction. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary of English Usage has a take on this that differs slightly from the one commonly found in usage guides:

The distinction between hanged and hung is not an especially useful one

(although a few commentators claim otherwise).

It is, however, a simple one and certainly easy to remember.

Therein lies its popularity.

If you make a point of observing the distinction in your writing, you will not thereby become a better writer, but you will spare yourself the annoyance of being corrected for having done something that is not wrong.

In other words, observing this distinction will helpyou to avoid criticism from people with strong feelings on the subject. But don't get too hung up about it.

Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary

Hanged - hung

Originally these words were pretty much interchangeable,

but “hanged” eventually came to be used pretty exclusively to mean

“executed by hanging.”

Does nervousness about the existence of an indelicate adjectival form of the word prompt people to avoid the correct word in such sentences

as “Lady Wrothley saw to it that her ancestors’ portraits were properly hung"?

Nevertheless, “hung” is correct except when capital punishment is being imposed.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,

hang′a·ble adj.

Usage Note:

Hanged, as a past tense and a past participle of hang,

is used in the sense of "to put to death by hanging,"

as in Frontier courts hanged many a prisoner after a summary trial.

In our 2008 survey, some 71 percent of the Usage Panel objected to hung used in this sense.

The Panel's opposition to this usage has remained strong since balloting began in the 1960s.

In all other senses, hung is the preferred form as past tense and past participle,

as in I hung my child's picture above my desk.

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary,

hang′a•ble, adj.

hang`a•bil′i•ty, n.

usage:

hanged, the historically older form of the past tense and past participle,

is rarely used except in the sense of putting to death, esp. legally:

to be hanged by the neck until dead.

But hung also occurs in this sense, except in legal documents,

and is actually the more frequent form when legal execution is not meant:

The prisoner hung himself in his cell.

This use of hung is sometimes considered incorrect.

Collins COBUILD English Usage

Hang

1. 'hang' something somewhere

If you hang something somewhere,

you place it so that its highest part is supported and the rest is not.

When hang has this meaning, its past tense and past participle is hung.

She hung the kettle on the iron post.

He had hung the coat where he could see it.

2. 'hang' a person

To hang a person means to kill them by tying a rope around their neck

and taking away the support from under their feet so that they hang in the air.

When hang has this meaning, its past tense and past participle is hanged.

He went off and hanged himself.

Rebecca Smith was hanged in 1849.

3. other meanings

Hang has several other meanings and is used in some phrasal verbs.

For all these other meanings, the past tense and past participle is hung.

Her long hair hung over her face.

The smell of paint hung in the air.

'Good night.' He hung up the phone.