Webster's English Dictionary

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hanging

1. hang.ing n 1: an execution by strangling or snapping the neck by a 
   suspended noose  2: something hung : as  2a: CURTAIN  2b: a covering (as a 
   tapestry) for a wall  3: a downward slope : DECLIVITY 
2. hanging aj 1: situated or lying on steeply sloping ground  2a: 
   OVERHANGING  2b: supported only by the wall on one side  archaic  3: 
   downcast in appearance  4: adapted for sustaining a hanging object  5: 
   deserving, likely to cause, or prone to inflict death by hanging