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Definitions of 'hanging'  

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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