hanging
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1. the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | support, supporting, |
| definition | : | the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening (noun.act) |
2. a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead (noun.act)
3. decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window (noun.artifact)
| hyponym | : | dossal, dossel, |
| definition | : | an ornamental hanging of rich fabric hung behind the altar of a church or at the sides of a chancel (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | kakemono, |
| definition | : | a Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging; usually narrow with a picture or writing on it and a roller at the bottom (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | lambrequin, |
| definition | : | short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | arras, tapestry, |
| definition | : | a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs (noun.artifact) |
4. the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) (noun.act)
| derivation | : | suspend, |
| definition | : | cause to be held in suspension in a fluid (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | suspend, |
| definition | : | hang freely (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | hang, |
| definition | : | be suspended or poised (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | dangle, |
| definition | : | cause to dangle or hang freely (verb.contact) |
5. a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead (noun.act)
| derivation | : | hang, string up, |
| definition | : | kill by hanging (verb.social) |
6. decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | hang, hang up, |
| definition | : | cause to be hanging or suspended (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | hang, |
| definition | : | be suspended or hanging (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | hang, |
| definition | : | decorate or furnish with something suspended (verb.creation) |
7. the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) (noun.act)
| derivation | : | suspend, |
| definition | : | cause to be held in suspension in a fluid (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | suspend, |
| definition | : | hang freely (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | hang, |
| definition | : | be suspended or poised (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | dangle, |
| definition | : | cause to dangle or hang freely (verb.contact) |
8. a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead (noun.act)
| derivation | : | hang, string up, |
| definition | : | kill by hanging (verb.social) |
9. decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | hang, hang up, |
| definition | : | cause to be hanging or suspended (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | hang, |
| definition | : | be suspended or hanging (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | hang, |
| definition | : | decorate or furnish with something suspended (verb.creation) |
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