Meaning Of The Word Hanging

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hanging
countable noun: A hanging is a large piece of cloth that you put as a decoration on a wall.

hanging in American English
a suspending or being suspended
attached to something overhead and not supported from below; suspended; pendulous
adjective: punishable by, deserving, or causing death by hanging
noun: the act, an instance, or the form of capital punishment carried out by suspending one by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, or the like, until dead

hanging in British English
adjective: not supported from below; suspended
noun: the putting of a person to death by suspending the body by the neck from a noose

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