hanging

  1. Verb.  (present participle of, hang) .
  2. Adjective.  Suspended.
  3. Noun.  (uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide).
  4. Noun.  (countable) A public event at which a person is hanged.
  5. Noun.  (countable) Anything wide, high and rather thin that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, wallpaper or posters).
  6. Noun.  (uncountable) The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

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