| VERB | stative | dangle, swing, drop | hang freely |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | dangle | cause to dangle or hang freely |
| Sounds | dae'nggahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | hang freely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Model | Some big birds dangle in the tree; There dangle some big birds in the tree | |
| Example | "the ornaments dangled from the tree" | |
| Synonyms | swing, drop | |
| Narrower | droop, loll | hang loosely or laxly |
| Broader | hang | Be suspended or hanging |
| Spanish | balancearse, caer, columpearse, columpiarse, pender | |
| Catalan | balancejar-se, gronxar-se, gronxolar | |
| Meaning | Cause to dangle or hang freely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They dangle the lights from the ceiling | |
| Example | "He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree" | |
| Broader | suspend | hang freely |
| Nouns | dangling | the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) |
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