hanging

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