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hanging

noun · adjective

Simple meaning

Anything that is hung as a decorative element.

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ˈhæŋɪŋ

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Definition

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noun

  1. countableuncountable

    The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

  2. countable

    Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).

  3. uncountable

    The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

adjective

  1. Suspended.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
General English

More ways to use hanging

  • “There was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait.”noun
  • “The cold castle walls were covered with hangings.”noun
  • “In those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment.”noun

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Inflected forms

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  • hangverbBase word

    Be suspended or hanging.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • hangernounPerson or profession

    A worker who hangs something.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • hanging chadnounCompound term

    A chad that is incompletely removed and hanging by one corner.

  • hanging flynounCompound term

    Any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae.

  • hanging gardens of babylonnounCompound term

    A terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates.

  • hanging geraniumnounCompound term

    A commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers.

  • hanging wallnounCompound term

    The upper wall of an inclined fault.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

  • hangman's halternounRelated term

    A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging.

  • hangman's ropenounRelated term

    A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging.

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Synonyms

noun

Sense: hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide)

danglingpendant

adjective

Sense: suspended

pendentsuspendedTechnicaldangling

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