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hanging::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | wall hanging |
| Type of | ornament, decoration, ornamentation |
| Has types | tapestry, dossal, dossel, kakemono, lambrequin, arras |
| Derivation | hang |
the cold castle walls were covered with hangings.
hanging::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dangling, suspension |
| Type of | supporting, support |
| Derivation | hang |
there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait.
hanging::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution |
| Derivation | hang |
in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment.
Examples of hanging
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Before you start hanging baubles, think about what you want your tree to convey.
From the kansas.com
The paintings are hanging all over the walls of the Myrtle Beach home, she said.
From the timesunion.com
She further banished clutter by hanging some of her pots and pans on a pot rack.
From the washingtonpost.com
The removable frame can scan oversize books or even a picture hanging on a wall.
From the businessweek.com
There's a hanging home-made quilt, for example, that recedes into a 2-D drawing.
From the latimes.com
Johnson got a hanging slider and drove it to right for a double to score Hulett.
From the thenewstribune.com
The question now hanging over the Labour Party is what exactly he meant by that.
From the time.com
See-through over-the-door racks and towel racks provide lots of hanging options.
From the stltoday.com
I think when he last played for us he had the court appearance hanging over him.
From the expressandstar.com
- Decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"
- A form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"
- Suspension: the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"
- (hang) be suspended or hanging; "The flag hung on the wall"
- (hang) bent: a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"
- (hang) the way a garment hangs; "he adjusted the hang of his coat"
- Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", although it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain "hanging".
- A Hanging (1931) is a short essay written by George Orwell, first published in August 1931 in the British literary magazine Adelphi. ...
- (Hang (computing)) In computing, a hang or freeze occurs when either a single computer program or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs. ...
