English to English
hanging
('h/&//N//I//N/
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adjective (a)
- Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window(noun.artifact)Example:
The cold castle walls were covered with hangings.
source: wordnet30 - a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead(noun.act)Example:
In those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment.
source: wordnet30 - the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)(noun.act)Example:
There was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait.
source: wordnet30 - The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.(noun)source: webster1913
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