Hanging
21hanging — hang|ing1 [ hæŋıŋ ] noun count or uncount a way of killing someone by putting a rope around their neck and letting them hang from it, usually as a punishment hanging hang|ing 2 [ hæŋıŋ ] adjective 1. ) deserving to be punished by death: a hanging …
22hanging — noun (C, U) 1 the practice or act of punishing someone by putting a rope around their neck and hanging them until they are dead: public hangings | right wingers who want to bring back hanging 2 it s/that s no hanging matter used to say that a… …
23Hanging — Hang Hang (h[a^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hanged} (h[a^]ngd) or {Hung} (h[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hanging}. Usage: The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also more… …
24hanging — hang|ing [ˈhæŋıŋ] n 1.) [U and C] the act of killing someone by putting a rope around their neck and dropping them, used as a punishment ▪ public hangings ▪ people who believe that bringing back hanging will reduce the amount of crime 2.) a large …
25hanging — [[t]hæ̱ŋɪŋ[/t]] hangings N COUNT: usu with supp A hanging is a large piece of cloth that you put as a decoration on a wall. ...a giant antique embroidered hanging …
26hanging — noun 1》 the practice of hanging condemned people as a form of capital punishment. 2》 a decorative piece of fabric hung on the wall of a room or around a bed. adjective suspended in the air. ↘situated or designed so as to appear to hang down:… …
27hanging — Kālewa, kūlewa, kaulia, kauna, uleule, lola, lu a, wele, welehia, mūka e; ♦ hanging precariously, makalihilihi; ♦ hanging low, loha …
28Hanging — (as a punishment), a mark of infamy inflicted on the dead bodies of criminals (Deut. 21:23) rather than our modern mode of punishment. Criminals were first strangled and then hanged (Nu. 25:4; Deut. 21:22). (See 2 Sam. 21:6 for the practice of …
29Hanging — completely eager: I m hanging to see them when they make it to Sydney …
30hanging — Australian Slang completely eager: I m hanging to see them when they make it to Sydney …
