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1. (n.) hanging
the act, an instance, or the form of capital punishment carried out by suspending a condemned criminal by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, or the like, until dead.
2. hanging
something that hangs or is hung on a wall, as a drapery or tapestry.
3. hanging
a suspending or temporary attaching, as of a painting.
4. (adj.) hanging
punishable by, deserving, or causing death by hanging:
a hanging crime.
5. hanging
inclined to inflict death by hanging:
a hanging jury.
6. hanging
suspended; pendent; overhanging.
7. hanging
situated on a steep slope or at a height:
hanging gardens.
8. hanging
directed downward:
a hanging look.
9. hanging
holding or suitable for a hanging object.
Etymology: (1250–1300)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hanging, wall hanging
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
"the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"
2. (noun) hanging
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"
3. (noun) suspension, dangling, hanging
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
"there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"
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| Definition of 'Hanging' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Hanging
requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter
2. (adj) Hanging
suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves
3. (adj) Hanging
adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges
4. (noun) Hanging
the act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended
5. (noun) Hanging
death by suspension; execution by a halter
6. (noun) Hanging
that which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used chiefly in the plural
7. Hanging
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Sense: the (act of) killing a criminal by hanging.
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 Afrikaans: ophang |
 Arabic: شَنْق |
 Bulgarian: обесване |
 Brazilian: enforcamento |
 Czech: oběšení |
 German: das Hängen |
 Danish: hængning |
 Greek: απαγχονισμός |
 Spanish: ejecución en la horca, ah |
 Estonian: poomine |
 Farsi: اعدام |
 Finnish: hirtto |
 French: pendaison |
 Hebrew: תְלִייָה |
 Hindi: लटकने वाला |
 Croatian: vješanje |
 Hungarian: akasztás |
 Indonesian: penggantungan |
 Icelandic: henging |
 Italian: impiccagione |
 Japanese: 絞首刑 |
 Korean: 교수형 |
 Lithuanian: korimas |
 Latvian: pakāršana |
 Malay: hukuman gantung |
 Dutch: iemand (op)hangen |
 Norwegian: henging |
 Polish: powieszenie |
 Persian: اعدام |
 Pashto: ځړول |
 Portuguese: enforcamento |
 Romanian: spânzurătoare |
 Russian: смертная казнь через пове |
 Slovak: obesenie |
 Slovenian: obešanje |
 Serbian: vešanje |
 Swedish: hängning |
 Thai: การแขวนคอ |
 Turkish: asma, idam etme |
 Taiwanese: 絞死 |
 Ukrainian: страта через повішення |
 Urdu: پھانسی |
 Vietnamese: xử treo cổ |
 Chinese: 绞死 |
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