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HANGING
- an execution by strangling with a suspended noose [n HANGINGS] / HANG, to attach from above only [v]
- to attach (a thing) so that it is supported from above with the lower part moving freely
- to execute by suspending from a rope around the neck
- to attach to a wall
- to let (one's head) droop
- to be suspended so as to swing freely
- to suffer death by hanging
- to incline downward
- to drape, as a garment
- the way a thing hangs
- execution by strangling with a suspended noose [n -S]