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hangs low

hangs low is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 hangs low

What is hangs low the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hangs low is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hang low.

Words near hangs low in the dictionary

  1. hangs five
  2. hangs heavy
  3. hangs in
  4. hangs in the balance
  5. hangs loose
  6. hangs low
  7. hangs off
  8. hangs on
  9. hangs on by a thread
  10. hangs on every word
  11. hangs one on

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