hanging H₄A₁N₁G₂I₁N₁G₂

Adjective 3 meanings

1. Suspended.

   “The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.”

2. Unprotected and exposed to capture.

3. Extending beyond the margins of a page.

   “hanging punctuation”

Noun 3 meanings

1. The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

   “Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.”

2. Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).

   “The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.”

3. The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

   “I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.”

Similar and opposite words

• BEING₈
• GOING₇
• SOMETHING₁₅
• DURING₈
• THING₉
• DOING₇
• HAVING₁₃
• GETTING₉
• LOOKING₁₂
• ANYTHING₁₅
• NOTHING₁₁
• EVERYTHING₂₀

• RANGING₉
• HANDING₁₂
• BANGING₁₁
• GANGING₁₀
• HINGING₁₂
• TANGING₉
• FANGING₁₂
• HANTING₁₁
• MANGING₁₁
• DANGING₁₀
• PANGING₁₁
• HAGGING₁₃
• HANKING₁₅
• HONGING₁₂