hanging

hanging is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Hang. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Hang
2. adjective. Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
3. adjective. Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
4. adjective. Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
5. noun. The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
6. noun. Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
7. noun. 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.
8. noun. the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

   "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"

   Synonyms: dangling, suspension

9. noun. 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"

10. noun. decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

    "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"

Synonyms

dangling, suspension

Common word forms

hang, hange, hangings, hangingly

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