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Definition of: hanging
(hang′ing) adjective
1. Suspended from something; dangling.
2. Involving or suggesting death on the gallows.
3. Lying on a steep slope: a hanging garden.
4. Drooping and dejected: said of the countenance.
5. Held in abeyance.
—noun
1. The act of suspending.
2. Execution on the gallows.
3. plural Drapery for a room, as tapestry.
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