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Hanging

noun

1.

Decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window. Synonym: wall hanging.

2.

A form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead.

3.

The act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely). Synonyms: dangling, suspension.

Hang

verb

(past & past part. hung; pres. part. hanging)

1.

Be suspended or hanging.

2.

Cause to be hanging or suspended. Synonym: hang up.

3.

Kill by hanging. Synonym: string up.

4.

Let drop or droop.

5.

Fall or flow in a certain way. Synonyms: fall, flow. "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

6.

Be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive. "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"

7.

Give heed (to). Synonyms: advert, attend, give ear, pay heed. "She hung on his every word" , "They attended to everything he said"

8.

Be suspended or poised.

9.

Hold on tightly or tenaciously. Synonym: cling. "The child clung to his mother's apron"

10.

Be exhibited.

11.

Prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury.

12.

Decorate or furnish with something suspended.

13.

Be placed in position as by a hinge.

14.

Place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction.

15.

Suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste.

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"Hanging" Quotes from Famous Books

... from the mess cabin, they saw the balloon hanging in midair. Watching they saw it move slowly southward. On the bridge by the cabin ...

— Panther Eye • Roy J. Snell

... not aware that she herself made quite as charming a picture. The spirit of laughter still flitted over her face, from eyes to dimples; her shining black curls were lighted up with a rope of cherry-colored chenille, hanging in a tassel at her ear; and her graceful little figure showed to advantage in a neatly fitting dress of soft brown merino, embroidered with cherry-colored silk. On her lap was little Lila, dressed in white and azure, ...

— A Romance of the Republic • Lydia Maria Francis Child

... the frigate's lofty side without let or hindrance; and when I sprang, sword in hand, down upon her deck, I was met by a mere lad, his beardless face deadly pale, his head bound up in a blood-sodden bandage, and his right arm hanging helpless—and broken—by his side. With his left hand he tendered to me his sword, in silence, and then, turning away, ...

— The Log of a Privateersman • Harry Collingwood

... the table a plateful of rice and fish, a jar of water, and a bottle half full of genever. After carefully placing before her master a cracked glass tumbler and a tin spoon she went away noiselessly. Nina stood by the table, one hand lightly resting on its edge, the other hanging listlessly by her side. Her face turned towards the outer darkness, through which her dreamy eyes seemed to see some entrancing picture, wore a look of impatient expectancy. She was tall for a half- caste, with the correct profile of the father, modified and strengthened ...

— Almayer's Folly - A Story of an Eastern River • Joseph Conrad

... improbability of his having escaped death, inasmuch as the Crucifixion was hurried, and the body was immediately delivered to friends without the known destruction of any organic function, and while still hanging upon ...

— The Fair Haven • Samuel Butler

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