hanging
noun
[ ˈhaŋɪŋ ]
• the practice of hanging condemned people as a form of capital punishment.
• "controversial cross-party issues such as abortion and hanging"
• a decorative piece of fabric or curtain hung on the wall of a room or around a bed.
Similar:
drape,
curtain,
drop,
drop cloth,
drop curtain,
drop scene,
tableau curtain,
frontal,
dossal,
drapery,
tab,
hanging
adjective
• suspended in the air.
• "hanging palls of smoke"
hang
verb
• suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free.
• "that's where people are supposed to hang their washing"
• kill (someone) by tying a rope attached from above around their neck and removing the support from beneath them (often used as a form of capital punishment).
• "he was hanged for murder"
Similar:
execute by hanging,
hang by the neck,
send to the gallows,
send to the gibbet,
send to the scaffold,
gibbet,
put to death,
lynch,
string up,
• remain static in the air.
• "a black pall of smoke hung over Valletta"
Opposite:
be dispersed,
• come or cause to come unexpectedly to a state in which no further operations can be carried out.
• "the machine has hung"
• spend time relaxing or enjoying oneself.
• "I guess I wasn't cool enough to hang with them anymore"
• deliver (a pitch) which does not change direction and is easily hit by a batter.
• "this leads to hanging a breaking ball"
Origin:
Old English hangian (intransitive verb), of West Germanic origin, related to Dutch and German hangen, reinforced by the Old Norse transitive verb hanga .
