ве́шать — meaning in English
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English meaning
- gibbet noun An upright post with a crossbar, once used to carry out executions and to display the body afterwards as a warning to others.
- hang verb To attach something at the top so it hangs down freely, or to be suspended in this way.
- suspend verb To stop something temporarily, meaning to start it again later.
Senses
ве́шать is used for these senses in English:
- gibbet (transitive) To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
- hang (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- hang (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- hang (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- hang (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- hang (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- hang up (transitive) To put up to hang.
- suspend To hang freely; underhang.
gibbet — full definition
- noun An upright post with a crossbar, once used to carry out executions and to display the body afterwards as a warning to others.
- noun The projecting arm of a crane from which the load hangs.
hang — full definition
- verb To attach something at the top so it hangs down freely, or to be suspended in this way.
- verb To kill someone by suspending them by the neck.
- verb To spend time somewhere in a relaxed, informal way (often "hang out").
- noun A general understanding of how to do or use something.
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