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hanging
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40 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. hanging
  2. hang
  3. hanging barrel
  4. hanging basket
  5. hanging block
  6. hanging bog
  7. hanging buttress
  8. hanging clamp
  9. hanging committee
  10. hanging drop
  11. hanging fly
  12. hanging glacier
  13. hanging indention
  14. hanging keel
  15. hanging lie
  16. hanging moss
  17. hanging paper
  18. hanging participle
  19. hanging rail
  20. hanging side
  21. hanging sleeve
  22. hanging stairs
  23. hanging stile
  24. hanging valley
  25. hanging wall
  26. tile hanging
  27. wall hanging
  28. hang about
  29. hang around
  30. hang back

1hanging

adjective

Definition of HANGING

1
: situated or lying on steeply sloping ground
2
a : jutting out : overhanging <a hanging rock>
b : supported only by the wall on one side <a hanging staircase>
3
archaic : downcast in appearance
4
: adapted for sustaining a hanging object
5
: deserving, likely to cause, or prone to inflict death by hanging

Examples of HANGING

  1. <hanging branches blocked our way for a good part of the trail>
  2. <light from a hanging chandelier filled the great hall>

First Known Use of HANGING

12th century

Related to HANGING

Synonyms
bowed, bowing, declined, declining, descendant (also descendent), descending, drooping, droopy, nodding, hung, inclining, pendulous, sagging, stooping, weeping
Antonyms
unbending, upright

2hanging

noun

Definition of HANGING

1
: an execution by strangling or breaking the neck by a suspended noose
2
: something hung: as
a : curtain
b : a covering (as a tapestry) for a wall
3
: a downward slope : declivity
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Examples of HANGING

  1. The hanging was scheduled for 3 o'clock.
  2. He was sentenced to death by hanging.

First Known Use of HANGING

14th century

Related to HANGING

Synonyms
declension, declivity, descent, dip, downgrade, downhill, fall, hang, decline
Antonyms
acclivity, ascent, rise, upgrade, uphill, uprise

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