HANG IN CHAINS

Meaning of HANG IN CHAINS in English

A vile, desperate fellow. Persons guilty of murder, or other atrocious crimes, are frequently, after execution, hanged on a gibbet, to which they are fastened by iron bandages; the gibbet is commonly placed on or near the place where the crime was committed.

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANG — I. ˈhaŋ, ˈhaiŋ sometimes ˈheŋ verb ( hung ˈhəŋ ; also hanged ; hung also hanged ; hanging ; hangs …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHAINS — plural of chain present third singular of chain
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANG — (v. i.) To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or …
Английский словарь Webster
HANG — — hangable , adj. — hangability , n. /hang/ , v. , hung or ( esp. for 4, 5, 20, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HANG — I. ˈhaŋ verb ( hung ˈhəŋ ; also hanged ˈhaŋd ; hang·ing ˈhaŋ-iŋ) Etymology: partly from Middle English hon, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANG — noun a sharp or steep declivity or slope. 2. hang ·vi to slope down; as, hanging grounds. 3. hang ·vi …
Webster English vocab
CHAINS — a structure projecting horizontally from a sailing ship's sides abreast of the masts, used to widen the basis for the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HANG — [hang] vb hung also hanged ; hang.ing [partly fr. ME hon, fr. OE hon, v.t.; partly fr. ME hangen, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HANG — / hæŋ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( hung , hung / hʌŋ; NAmE / HELP NOTE : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG — I. hang 1 S1 W2 /hæŋ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle hung /hʌŋ/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HANG — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1 tr. a secure or cause to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HANG — v. & n. v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1 tr. a secure or cause to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HANG — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1. tr. a secure or cause to …
Oxford English vocab
HANG — ( hangs, hanging, hung, hanged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hanging basket (= for putting plants in and hanging outside ) ▪ All …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HANG — Synonyms and related words : act in concert, adhere, all depend, and quarter, art, aspire, associate with, attach, bag, be …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANG — See: GO HANG, GIVE A HANG or CARE A HANG, GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE, AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, LEAVE …
Slang English vocab
HANG — n. hang on hang upon hang around hang loose hang out hang up well hung
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CHAINS — n. pl. Fetters, bonds, irons, shackles, manacles, bondage, captivity, thraldom, durance, duress, prison, constraint.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
HANG — verb ADVERB ▪ limply , loosely ▪ He had lost weight and the suit hung loosely on him. ▪ uselessly …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HANG — n. 25B6; verb lights hung from the trees : BE SUSPENDED, hang down, be pendent, dangle, swing, sway; archaic depend. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANG — v. 1 suspend, depend, dangle; be poised or suspended, hover, swing Hang the lantern from this branch The laundry was …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HANG — See: GO HANG, GIVE A HANG or CARE A HANG, GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE, AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, LEAVE …
Словарь английских идиом
HANG — 1. сущ. 1) а) склоненность, наклон with a weary hang of the head on one side ≈ устало склонив голову …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHAINS — сущ.; мн. "цепные лавки" (однотипные розничные магазины одной фирмы) retail chains whole-sale chains ( мн. число фигурально) оковы (мн.ч.) узы …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHAINS — Кандалы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HANG — hang.ogg 1. hæŋ n 1. вид ( чего-л. висящего, повешенного ); способ подвески; манера do you like the hang of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. pl …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HANG — 1. hæŋ n 1. вид ( чего-л. висящего, повешенного ); способ подвески; манера do you like the hang of the …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HANG — 1. сущ. 1) а) склонённость, наклон with a weary hang of the head on one side — устало склонив голову …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HANG — 1. сущ. 1) а) склонённость, наклон with a weary hang of the head on one side — устало склонив голову набок б) то, как …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HANG — 1. _n. 1> вид; манера; mark the hang of the dress - обратите внимание на то, как сидит платье 2> …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HANG — 1. n. 1. вид; манера; mark the hang of the dress - обратите внимание на то, как сидит платье 2. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CHAINS — сущ.; мн. ч. "цепные лавки" (однотипные розничные магазины одной фирмы) - retail chains - whole-sale chains
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
HANG — 1. _n. 1> вид; манера; mark the hang of the dress обратите внимание на то, как сидит платье 2> особенности, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
CHAINS — Ножные кандалы
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
CHAINS — Кандалы
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HANG — 1) висеть 2) навешивать - hang a boat - hang a rudder - hang back - hang lire
Англо-Русский морской словарь
HANG — hang vi AmE sl 1. Where do they hang? Где они обычно ошиваются? 2. Don't just hang. Get busy Что …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
CHAINS — "цепные лавки", однотипные розничные магазины одной фирмы
Англо-Русский экономический словарь
HANG — 1. сущ. 1) а) склоненность, наклон with a weary hang of the head on one side ≈ устало склонив голову …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHAINS — сущ.; мн. "цепные лавки" (однотипные розничные магазины одной фирмы) retail chains whole-sale chains ( мн. число фигурально) оковы (мн.ч.) узы …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFF — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bomb explodes/goes off ▪ Forty people were injured when the bomb exploded. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHAIN — I. ˈchān noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English cheyne, from Old French chaeine, from Latin catena chain, brace; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHAIN — — chainless , adj. — chainlike , adj. /chayn/ , n. 1. a series of objects connected one after the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THALASSEMIA — also called Cooley's Anemia, Mediterranean Anemia, or Hereditary Leptocytosis, group of blood disorders characterized by a deficiency of hemoglobin, the …
Britannica English vocabulary
PROTEIN CONCENTRATE — a human or animal dietary supplement that has a very high protein content and is extracted or prepared from vegetable …
Britannica English vocabulary
PROTEIN — highly complex substance that is present in all living organisms. Proteins are of great nutritional value and are directly involved …
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MOUNTAIN — landform that rises prominently above its surroundings, generally exhibiting steep slopes, a relatively confined summit area, and considerable local relief. …
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INOSILICATE — formerly called Metasilicate, any of a class of inorganic compounds that have structures characterized by silicate tetrahedrons (a central silicon …
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INDUSTRIAL POLYMERS, MAJOR — chemical compounds used in the manufacture of synthetic industrial materials. In the commercial production of plastics, elastomers, man-made fibres, adhesives, …
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GENE — unit of hereditary information that occupies a fixed position (locus) on a chromosome. Genes achieve their effects by directing the …
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EVOLUTION — theory in biology postulating that the various types of animals and plants have their origin in other preexisting types and …
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ECOSYSTEM — the complex of living organisms, their physical environment, and all their interrelationships in a particular unit of space. The principles …
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CHAIN STORE — any of two or more retail stores having the same ownership and selling the same lines of goods. Chain stores …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHAIN — series of links, usually of metal, joined together to form a flexible connector for various purposes, such as holding, pulling, …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHAIN — I. chain 1 S3 W2 /tʃeɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: chaeine , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
YOUR — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crick in your back/neck ▪ He was getting a crick in his neck from …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WITH — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a break with the past (= when something is done in a completely different way …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a band strikes up (= starts playing ) ▪ We were on the dance …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TIME — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brief period/time ▪ He lived there all his life, apart from a brief …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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