hanging

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Hang Source: opted

2. a. Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter. Source: opted

3. a. Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves. Source: opted

4. a. Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges. Source: opted

5. n. The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended. Source: opted

6. n. Death by suspension; execution by a halter. Source: opted

7. n. 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. Source: opted

8. n. decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window Source: wordnet

9. n. a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead Source: wordnet

10. n. the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) Source: wordnet

11. 1. Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter. "What a hanging face!" Dryden. 2. Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves. 3. Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges. Hanging compass, a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath. -- Hanging garden, a garden sustained at an artificial elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon. -- Hanging indentation. See under Indentation. -- Hanging rail (Arch.), that rail of a door or casement to which hinges are attached. -- Hanging side (Mining), the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein. -- Hanging sleeves. (a) Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the back from the shoulders. (b) Loose, flowing sleeves. -- Hanging stile. (Arch.) (a) That stile of a door to which hinges are secured. (b) That upright of a window frame to which casements are hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened. -- Hanging wall (Mining), the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein. 1. The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended. 2. Death by suspension; execution by a halter. 3. 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. Nor purple hangings clothe the palace walls. Dryden. Source: webster

12. j:55/n:45 n. decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window n. a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead Source: ecdict

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