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Meaning of hanging

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  hanging
      n 1: decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a
           window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"
           [syn: {hanging}, {wall hanging}]
      2: a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck
         from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the
         hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"
      3: the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it
         moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of
         the portrait" [syn: {suspension}, {dangling}, {hanging}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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