Definitions for hanging
ˈhæŋ ɪŋhang·ing

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. hanging, wall hanging(noun)

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

   "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"

2. hanging(noun)

   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. suspension, dangling, hanging(noun)

   the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

   "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hanging(Noun)

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

2. hanging(Noun)

   A public event at which a person is hanged.

   The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.

3. hanging(Noun)

   Anything wide, high and rather thin that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, wallpaper or posters).

   The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.

4. hanging(Noun)

   The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

   I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.

5. hanging(Adjective)

   Suspended.

   The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Hanging

   of Hang

2. Hanging(adj)

   requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter

3. Hanging(adj)

   suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves

4. Hanging(adj)

   adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges

5. Hanging(noun)

   the act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended

6. Hanging(noun)

   death by suspension; execution by a halter

7. Hanging(noun)

   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

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Hanging

   Hanging is the suspension of a person by a ligature. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain "hanging". Hanging has been a common method of capital punishment since medieval times, and is the official execution method in many countries and regions today. Hanging oneself describes a method of suicide in which a person applies a ligature to the neck and brings about unconsciousness and then death, by means of partial suspension or partial weight-bearing on the ligature. This method has been most often used in prisons or other institutions, where full suspension support is difficult to devise. The earliest known use of the word in this sense was in A.D. 1300.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hanging

   A word expressive of anything declining in the middle part below a straight line, as the hanging of a deck or a sheer. Also, when a ship is difficult to be removed from the stocks, or in manœuvre.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hanging' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4215

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hanging' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2412

How to pronounce hanging?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hanging in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hanging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of hanging in a Sentence

1. Ted Kaye:

   From its start in 1777, the U.S. flag's design is effective when streaming in the wind, hanging limp from an indoor pole or covering a casket. only simple designs make effective flags.

2. Susan Landau:

   They seem to ignore the low-hanging fruit in favor of going after the thing they've been going after for the past 25 years.

3. Jo Gilchrist:

   But I’m fighting this with all I’ve got, and I’m starting to walk again. Two weeks ago, they said I might be able to walk for an hour or two a day— like grocery shopping, washing up and hanging the washing out.

4. William Faulkner:

   I decline to accept the end of man. It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of his puny inexhaustible voice, still talking. I refuse to accept this. I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poets, the writers, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. The poets voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.

5. Vice President Joe Biden:

   I have met virtually every major leader in the world, i know these guys. I know them better than anyone in the administration because I've been hanging around so long.

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