HANGING

Hanging

Hanging is the 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", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain "hanging". Hanging has been a common method of capital punishment since medieval times, and is the official execution method in many countries and regions today.

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hanging

Noun

  1. The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide).
    Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.
  2. A public event at which a person is hanged.
    The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.
  3. Anything wide, high and rather thin that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, wallpaper or posters).
    The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.
  4. The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
    I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.

Verb

hanging

Adjective

  1. Suspended.
    The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.
  2. Unprotected and exposed to capture.


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