Australian English Meaning of hanging
hanging
Other Australian English words related to hanging
Nearest Words of hanging
- hanging chad => Hanging chad
- hanging fly => Hanging fly
- hanging gardens of babylon => Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- hanging geranium => Hanging geranium
- hanging wall => Hanging wall
- hangman => hangman
- hangman's halter => Hangman's halter
- hangman's rope => Hangman's rope
- hangmanship => hanging
- hangmen => hangmen
Definitions and Meaning of hanging in English
hanging (n)
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
hanging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hang
hanging (a.)
Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
hanging (n.)
The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used chiefly in the plural.
FAQs About the word hanging
hanging
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window, a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until
bowed,bowing,dangling,falling,hung,nodding,weeping,declined,declining,Descendant
erect,rigid,stiff,upright,Elevated,unyielding,inflexible,raised,upraised
hangers-on => hangers-on, hanger-on => bludger, hanger => coat hanger, hanged => hanged, hangdog => hangdog,
