hangs
v.v. to be attached to something at the top so that the bottom part can move freely. You use this when you put a picture on a wall or clothes on a hook.
v. to be suspended from above with no support from below; to attach something to a higher point so that it is supported from that point only. The third-person singular present form of 'hang'.
She hangs her coat on the hook every day.
The heavy mirror hangs securely on the wall thanks to the new metal brackets we installed.
A thick layer of morning mist often hangs over the valley during the autumn months, obscuring the view of the river until the sun rises high enough to burn it away.
The verb is transitive when placing an object and intransitive when describing a state of suspension.
The prisoner was hung at dawn.The prisoner was hanged at dawn.When referring to execution, the past tense and past participle is 'hanged'; for all other meanings, use 'hung'.