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Pronunciation
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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æ�ɪ�|-æ�ɪ�

Verb
hanging

1. present participle of|hang

Adjective
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1. suspend|Suspended.

#:The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.

Derived terms
hanging garden
hanging participle

Translations
trans-top|suspended
Dutch: hangend, hangende
Finnish: roikkuva
French: suspendu m, suspendue f
German: hängend
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Greek: ανα��ημένο� (anartimenos) m, κ�εμάμενο� (kremamenos) m, κ�εμα���� (kremastos) m
Italian: sospeso m, sospesa f
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Noun
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1. uncountable The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide).

#:Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.

1. countable A public event at which a person is hanged.

#:The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.

1. countable Anything wide, high and rather thin that is hang|hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, wallpaper or posters).

#:The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.

1. uncountable The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

#:I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.

Derived terms
wall hanging

Translations
trans-top|means of execution
Dutch: verhanging f, verhangen n
Finnish: hirttäminen, hirtto
German: Erhängung f
trans-mid
Greek: α�αγ�ονι�μ�� (apankhonismos) m, κ�έμα�μα (kremasma) n
Hungarian: akasztás
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trans-top|public event at which a person is hanged
Dutch: verhanging f
Finnish: hirttäjäiset
trans-mid
German: Erhängung f
Greek: α�αγ�ονι�μ�� (apankhonismos) m
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trans-top|anything wide, high and thin that is hung
Dutch: behang n
trans-mid
German: Behang m
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trans-top|way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged
German: Hängung f
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Greek: κ�εμα��ά (kremasta)
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See also
portière, portiere

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