hanging
hanging definition
hang·ing (haŋ′iŋ)
adjective
- attached to something overhead and not supported from below; suspended; pendulous
- designed for objects to be hung on
- leaning over; inclining; overhanging
- located on a steep slope or slant
- deserving, causing, or inclined to impose the death penalty
- designating or of indention in which the first line of a paragraph touches the left margin, the other lines being indented beneath it
- not yet decided; unsettled
- Archaic downcast
noun
- a suspending or being suspended
- a putting to death by hanging
- 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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