different between hung vs adrift

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

hung

1. simple past tense and past participle of hang (except when referring to the method of execution; there, hanged is used instead)

Adjective

hung (not generally comparable, comparative more hung, superlative most hung)

1. Suspended by hanging.
2. Having hanging additions or appendages.
3. (law) Of a jury, unable to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial.
4. Of a legislature, lacking a majority political party.

5. (computing, colloquial) Of a computer or similar device, receiving power but not functioning as desired; working very slowly or not at all. The condition is often corrected by rebooting the computer.
6. (colloquial, of a person, slightly vulgar) Having a large penis (often preceded by an adverb, e.g. well hung).

Synonyms

• (having a large penis): Thesaurus:macrophallic

Derived terms

• axle-hung
• hung jury
• hung parliament
• well-hung, well hung

Related terms

• hanged

Translations

Anagrams

• ungh

Irish

Verb

hung

1. h-prothesized form of ung

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from ?.

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [h?w??m??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [h?w??m??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [h?w??m??]

Adjective

hung

1. violent when getting angry

Derived terms

Adverb

hung

1. (Thanh Hoá, Ngh? An, Hà T?nh, colloquial) very much; a lot

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

hung m

1. honey

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *?lu??? (“big”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /hu???/
• Tone numbers: hung¹
• Hyphenation: hung

Adjective

hung (Sawndip forms ???? or ???? or ???? or ???? or ??? or ??? or ? or ? or ???? or ? or ???? or ???? or ??? or ????, old orthography hu?)

1. big; large

   Synonyms: mbwk, gox, laux, lueng, loet

2. grown up
3. arrogant

Derived terms

English

Etymology

a- +? drift

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?-dr?ft', IPA^(key): /??d??ft/
• Rhymes: -?ft

Adjective

adrift (comparative more adrift, superlative most adrift)

1. Floating at random.
   • 1673, John Dryden, Marriage à la mode

     So on the sea she shall be set adrift.

2. (of a seaman) Absent from his watch.
3. (chiefly Britain, often with of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.

Translations

Adverb

adrift (comparative more adrift, superlative most adrift)

1. In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.

Translations

Related terms

• cast adrift

Anagrams

• Tardif