hanging

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.4.3 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -æŋɪŋ

[edit] Verb

hanging

1. Present participle of hang.

[edit] Adjective

hanging (not comparable)

1. Suspended.

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

[edit] Derived terms

• hanging garden
• hanging loop
• hanging participle

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[edit] Noun

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hanging (countable and uncountable; plural hangings)

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

   Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.

2. (countable) A public event at which a person is hanged.

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

3. (countable) 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. (uncountable) The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

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

[edit] Derived terms

• wall hanging

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[edit] See also

• portière, portiere