What does hanging mean?
Definitions for hanging
ˈhæŋ ɪŋhang·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word hanging.
Princeton's WordNet
hanging, wall hangingnoun
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
"the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"
hangingnoun
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, hangingnoun
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
hangingnoun
The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide).
hangingnoun
A public event at which a person is hanged.
The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.
hangingnoun
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.
hangingnoun
The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.
hangingadjective
Suspended.
The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.
Webster Dictionary
Hanging
of Hang
Hangingadjective
requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter
Hangingadjective
suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves
Hangingadjective
adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges
Hangingnoun
the act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended
Hangingnoun
death by suspension; execution by a halter
Hangingnoun
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
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
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
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'hanging' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4215
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'hanging' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2412
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hanging in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hanging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of hanging in a Sentence
We've got a lot of low-hanging fruit in terms of little quick projects you can do and get your money back in six or seven weeks and add significant barrels.
Beware of a person who talks about Nature, animal care , human well-being/welfare or any such nice quotes, but share own picture oft with thoughts poster or on posts on social media sphere. More to be careful of him/her if that individual is a billionaire or bewitching beauty (woman) or lover of own fair complexion, anyone occupying big chair and many people seem often hanging around him/her here & there. Because it is most likely that Betrayer, Bluffer, Boot=licker, Big credit-snatcher/pretender, Buffoon/Duffer ,Dirty-politics player, Philanderer, Swindler, Self-seeker/Self-obsessive nature is deeply embedded in his/her character somewhere.
AKA any company thats hanging blue lives garbage in their store or anything else thats anti the BLM movement. Drop them below. were for all heroes and we dont support zeroes.
There is a cloud hanging over the market from the Brexit vote, which is keeping prices down a bit, if the vote comes off, we could go up.
COUPLE SEEKS HOMES FOR FOSTER PUPPIES NAMED AFTER TACO BELL MENU ITEMS Fredman brought the dog to KC Pet Project, an animal shelter in Kansas City. The shelter discovered the dog was microchipped and his owner had been looking for him since Monday morning when hedisappeared from a home about a mile away from where he was found, Fox 4 KC reported. Within hours the dog was back home with his family, who is now working hard to find how Max was taken and how he ended up hanging from that box, the shelter wrote on Facebook.Thanks to the quick actions by David and the power of a microchip, we were able to get Max back home safely to his family. Dee Vaughn, Dee Vaughn, said Dee Vaughn got a phone call two hours after Max had disappeared asking if thedog was missing. Dee Vaughn told Fox 4 KCthe dog could not possibly have gone so farin just a couple of hours on his own. Dee Vaughn said Dee Vaughn was horrified when Dee Vaughn saw the photo of Max on the side of an overpass. Literally you could see the imprint around Dee Vaughn neck where they hung Dee Vaughn.
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Translations for hanging
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- شنقArabic
- Erhängung, Behang, hängend, HängungGerman
- κρεμαστά, αναρτημένος, κρεμάμενος, απαγχονισμός, κρεμαστόςGreek
- pendumoEsperanto
- ahorcamiento, colgando, colgante, suspendidoSpanish
- دار زدن, اعدام کردنPersian
- hirttäjäiset, hirtto, hirttäminen, roikkuvaFinnish
- tenture, suspendue, pendaison, suspenduFrench
- akasztásHungarian
- hengingIcelandic
- impiccagione, sospeso, sospesaItalian
- 絞首刑, 絞殺刑Japanese
- 교수형Korean
- خنکاندنKurdish
- pakorimas, korimasLithuanian
- kāršana, pakāršanaLatvian
- tautauMāori
- verhanging, hangende, verhangen, hangend, behangDutch
- wiszącePolish
- forca, enforcamento, suspensoPortuguese
- atârnatRomanian
- висячий, повешение, висетьRussian
- galgen, hänge, hängning, hängandeSwedish
- தொங்கிTamil
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