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hanging low

hanging low is the present participle and gerund of hang low.

Meaning of hang low

Verb

hang low (third-person singular simple present hangs low, present participle hanging low, simple past and past participle hung low)

  1. (idiomatic) To droop or sag heavily; to remain at a low altitude.
    • As I joined the train at Waverley Station, Edinburgh, the skies hung low, the rain fell, and as the journey proceeded there was little change; […].1956 December, W. J. Alcock, “On the Footplate of the "Elizabethan"”, in Railway Magazine, page 819

Questions about hanging low

What is hanging low the present participle and gerund of?
Hanging low is the present participle and gerund of hang low.

Words near hanging low in the dictionary

  1. hanging judges
  2. Hanging Langford
  3. hanging loop
  4. hanging loops
  5. hanging loose
  6. hanging low
  7. hanging off
  8. hanging offence
  9. hanging offences
  10. hanging offense
  11. hanging offenses

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