"uphang" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ʌpˈhæŋ/ Forms: uphangs [present, singular, third-person], uphanging [participle, present], uphung [participle, past], uphung [past]
Rhymes: -æŋ Etymology: From Middle English uphongen. By surface analysis, up- + hang. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|uphongen}} Middle English uphongen, {{surf|+pre|en|up|hang}} By surface analysis, up- + hang Head templates: {{en-verb|~s|~ing|uphung}} uphang (third-person singular simple present uphangs, present participle uphanging, simple past and past participle uphung)
  1. (rare) To hang up. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-uphang-en-verb-ZaBcK2LC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with up-, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 38
  2. (rare) To suspend or fix aloft. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-uphang-en-verb-MaenfJbX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 50 50

Inflected forms

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