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1. Decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
   "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings";
   - 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";
   - suspension, dangling

1. Be suspended from above
   "The flag hung on the wall"
    
2. Cause to be hanging or suspended
   "Hang that picture on the wall"; "hang up that picture on the wall";
   - hang up
    
3. Let drop or droop
   "Hang one's head in shame"
    
4. Fall or flow in a certain way
   "This dress hangs well";
   - fall, flow
    
5. Be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
   "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"
    
6. Give heed (to)
   "She hung on his every word";
   - attend, advert [rare], pay heed, give ear
    
7. Be suspended or poised
   "Heavy fog hung over the valley"
    
8. Hold on tightly or tenaciously
   "hang on to your father's hands";
   - cling
    
9. Be exhibited
   "Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum"
    
10. Prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
     
11. Decorate or furnish with something suspended
    "Hang wallpaper"
     
12. Be placed in position as by a hinge
    "This cabinet door doesn't hang right!"
     
13. Place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
    "hang a door"
     
14. Suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
    "hang the venison for a few days"
     
15. (of a computer) stop responding to input devices such as keyboard or mouse
    "when I press return the computer hangs"

1. Kill by hanging
   - string up

Derived forms: hangings

Type of: adorn, be, beautify, block, blockade, capital punishment, death penalty, decompose, decorate, decoration, drop, embarrass, embellish, execute, executing, execution, fasten, fix, grace, grasp, hinder, hold on, listen, molder [N. Amer], moulder [Brit, Cdn], obstruct, ornament, ornamentation, put to death, rot, secure, stymie, stymy [rare], support, supporting

Encyclopedia: Hanging, drawing and quartering