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- Dictionaryhanging/ˈhaŋɪŋ/
noun
- 1. the practice of hanging condemned people as a form of capital punishment: "controversial cross-party issues such as hanging"
- 2. a decorative piece of fabric or curtain hung on the wall of a room or around a bed.
adjective
- 1. suspended in the air: "hanging palls of smoke"
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HANGING definition: 1. the act of killing someone, especially as a punishment for a serious crime, by dropping that…. Learn more.
Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature. Hanging has been a common method of capital punishment since the Middle Ages, and has been the primary execution method in numerous countries and regions.
Definition of hanging noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [uncountable, countable] the practice of killing somebody as a punishment by tying a rope around their neck and allowing them to drop from a high place; an occasion when this happens.
A hanging is a large piece of cloth that you put as a decoration on a wall. ...a giant antique embroidered hanging. Synonyms: curtain , drape , arras More Synonyms of hanging
HANGING meaning: 1. the act of killing someone, especially as a punishment for a serious crime, by dropping that…. Learn more.
an ornamental hanging of rich fabric hung behind the altar of a church or at the sides of a chancel Kakemono a Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging; usually narrow with a picture or writing on it and a roller at the bottom
A hanging is a large piece of cloth that you put as a decoration on a wall. Synonyms: curtain , drape , arras More Synonyms of hanging More Synonyms of hanging
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a suspending or temporary attaching, as of a painting: a careless hanging of pictures. adj. punishable by, deserving, or causing death by hanging: a hanging crime; a hanging offense. inclined to inflict death by hanging: a hanging jury. suspended; pendent; overhanging: a hanging cliff. situated on a steep slope or at a height: a hanging garden.
noun a group of people appointed to make decisions regarding the hanging of pictures in an exhibition he served on the hanging committee Examples Two of his paintings were rejected by the hanging committee of the summer exhibition.
