Hanging

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Definitions:

Noun

hanging wall hanging

Definition: decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"

hanging

Definition: a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"

suspension dangling hanging

Definition: the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"

Definition: The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

Verb

Definition: present participle of hang

Adjective

Definition: Suspended.