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hanging to

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

Meaning of hang to

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To cling to (something); to hold on to (something); to refuse to give up (something).

Questions about hanging to

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

Words near hanging to in the dictionary

  1. hanging sleeves
  2. hanging stile
  3. hanging stiles
  4. hanging ten
  5. hanging the moon
  6. hanging to
  7. hanging together
  8. hanging tough
  9. hanging tree
  10. hanging trees
  11. hanging up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hanging to (page history and authors); hang to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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