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hanging definition

hang·ing (haŋ)

adjective

  1. attached to something overhead and not supported from below; suspended; pendulous
  2. designed for objects to be hung on
  3. leaning over; inclining; overhanging
  4. located on a steep slope or slant
  5. deserving, causing, or inclined to impose the death penalty
  6. designating or of indention in which the first line of a paragraph touches the left margin, the other lines being indented beneath it
  7. not yet decided; unsettled
  8. Archaic downcast

noun

  1. a suspending or being suspended
  2. a putting to death by hanging
  3. something hung on a wall, window, etc., as a drapery or tapestry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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