ALL meanings of hanging
hang·ing
H h - verb with object hanging to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend. 1
- verb with object hanging to attach or suspend so as to allow free movement: to hang a pendulum. 1
- verb with object hanging to place in position or fasten so as to allow easy or ready movement. 1
- verb with object hanging to put to death by suspending by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, yardarm, or the like. 1
- verb with object hanging to suspend (oneself) by the neck until dead: He hanged himself from a beam in the attic. 1
- verb with object hanging to fasten to a cross; crucify. 1
- verb with object hanging to furnish or decorate with something suspended: to hang a room with pictures. 1
- verb with object hanging to fasten into position; fix at a proper angle: to hang a scythe. 1
- verb with object hanging to fasten or attach (wallpaper, pictures, etc.) to a wall: to hang pictures in a room. 1
- verb with object hanging to suspend (something) in front of anything: to hang curtains on a window. 1
- verb with object hanging Fine Arts. to exhibit (a painting or group of paintings): The gallery hung his paintings in a small corner. to put the paintings of (an art exhibition) on the wall of a gallery: They hung the show that morning. 1
- countable noun hanging A hanging is a large piece of cloth that you put as a decoration on a wall. 0
- noun hanging the putting of a person to death by suspending the body by the neck from a noose 0
- noun hanging (as modifier) 0
- noun hanging a decorative textile such as a tapestry or drapery hung on a wall or over a window 0
- noun hanging the act of a person or thing that hangs 0
- adjective hanging not supported from below; suspended 0
- adjective hanging undecided; still under discussion 0
- adjective hanging inclining or projecting downwards; overhanging 0
- adjective hanging situated on a steep slope or in a high place 0
- adjective hanging given to issuing harsh sentences, esp death sentences 0
- adjective hanging unpleasant 0
- adjective hanging attached to something overhead and not supported from below; suspended; pendulous 0
- adjective hanging designed for objects to be hung on 0
- adjective hanging leaning over; inclining; overhanging 0
- adjective hanging located on a steep slope or slant 0
- adjective hanging deserving, causing, or inclined to impose the death penalty 0
- adjective hanging designating or of indention in which the first line of a paragraph touches the left margin, the other lines being indented beneath it 0
- adjective hanging not yet decided; unsettled 0
- adjective hanging downcast 0
- noun hanging a suspending or being suspended 0
- noun hanging a putting to death by hanging 0
- noun hanging something hung on a wall, window, etc., as a drapery or tapestry 0