hanging

Meanings

• decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
  • "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"
• a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
  • "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"
• the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
  • "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"
• be suspended or hanging
• cause to be hanging or suspended
• kill by hanging
• let drop or droop
• fall or flow in a certain way
• be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
• give heed (to)
• be suspended or poised
• hold on tightly or tenaciously
• be exhibited
• prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
• decorate or furnish with something suspended
• be placed in position as by a hinge
• place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
• suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste

Synonyms

advert, attend, cling, dangling, fall, flow, give ear, hang, hang up, pay heed, string up, suspension, wall hanging