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
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