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