hanging

hanging has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• p. pr. & vb. n.. of Hang
• a.. Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
• a.. Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
• a.. Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
• n.. The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
• n.. Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
• n.. 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.
• n.. the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"
• n.. 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"
• n.. decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"