"hang heavy" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: hangs heavy [present, singular, third-person], hanging heavy [participle, present], hung heavy [participle, past], hung heavy [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hang<,,hung> heavy}} hang heavy (third-person singular simple present hangs heavy, present participle hanging heavy, simple past and past participle hung heavy)
  1. (idiomatic) Of time or a time period: to seem to pass slowly; to crawl. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: time hangs heavy, time hangs heavily
    Sense id: en-hang_heavy-en-verb-smwTVZvn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/\nThe town of Tompasobaru, a six-hour drive from Tangkoko, is known for the fragrant cloves that carpet the front yards of homes, drying on tarps in the sun. But in the town’s open market, the air hung heavy with the metallic smell of the butcher’s wares."
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