hanging | English to English Dictionary

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hanging

('h/&//N//I//N/ )

Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.(adjective)

source: webster1913

decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window(noun.artifact)

Example:
The cold castle walls were covered with hangings.

Synonym:
wall hanging

source: wordnet30
a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead(noun.act)

Example:
In those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment.

source: wordnet30
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)(noun.act)

Example:
There was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait.

Synonym:
dangling, suspension

source: wordnet30
The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.(noun)

source: webster1913

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