HANGING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
   Synonym(s)
   • dangling (what does dangling mean?)
   • suspension (what does suspension mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait
   Hypernyms(s) hanging is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • support (what does support mean?)
   • supporting (what does supporting mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • hang (what does hang mean?)
   • dangle (what does dangle mean?)
   • suspend (what does suspend mean?)
   • suspend (what does suspend mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a form of capital punishment
   • victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
   Usage Example(s)
   • in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment
   Hypernyms(s) hanging is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • execution (what does execution mean?)
   • executing (what does executing mean?)
   • capital punishment (what does capital punishment mean?)
   • death penalty (what does death penalty mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • hang (what does hang mean?)
   • string up (what does string up mean?)
3. Meaning
   • decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
   Synonym(s)
   • wall hanging (what does wall hanging mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the cold castle walls were covered with hangings
   Hypernyms(s) hanging is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • decoration (what does decoration mean?)
   • ornament (what does ornament mean?)
   • ornamentation (what does ornamentation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dossal (what does dossal mean?)
   • dossel (what does dossel mean?)
   • Kakemono (what does Kakemono mean?)
   • lambrequin (what does lambrequin mean?)
   • tapestry (what does tapestry mean?)
   • arras (what does arras mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • hang (what does hang mean?)
   • hang (what does hang mean?)
   • hang (what does hang mean?)
   • hang up (what does hang up mean?)