Hang and Spread

Hang

Hang verb - To place on an elevated point without support from below.

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Spread and hang are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spread" instead a verb "Hang".

Nearby Words: hangup, hanging, hangout, hanger, hanged

Spread verb - To cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people.

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Hang and spread are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hang" instead a verb "Spread".

Nearby Words: spreading, spreader

Queen Isabella's hair in Braveheart is long enough to be spread out like a rug, and when we finally see it in the light, it appears to hang somewhere around her knees.

Source: Rapunzel Hair
Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy includes space-suits that are made of programmable silicon or somesuch- they hang around as a black blob until activated, at which point they spread over the body of the user (tightly enough to avoid decompression in hard vacuum).

Source: Latex Space Suit
They often seem rats with wings to us, they are thought to spread rabies, and apparently like to hang out in all sorts of dark, foreboding places (caves, bell towers, abandoned houses, castles, crypts, etc).

Source: Bat out of Hell

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