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hanging

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1. hanging - Noun

2. hanging - Adjective

3. hanging - Verb

Meaning

of Hang

Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.

Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.

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

The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.

Death by suspension; execution by a halter.

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: Webster's dictionary

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there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait Source: Internet

in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment Source: Internet

the cold castle walls were covered with hangings Source: Internet

A 20-year-old black woman was found hanging dead in her white roommate’s garage and the police department has ruled it a suicide, yet, friends and family speculate otherwise. Source: Internet

A burglar left hanging upside down when his leg got jammed in a window called the fire service to come to his rescue. Source: Internet

A black woman, her head cropped from the image, adjusts a belt slung round her naked thigh: the belt supports a white strap-on dildo, hanging heavy from its harness. Source: Internet

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