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hanging noun

  /ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ/
  • (countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).
hängning, galgen
  • (countable) Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).
hängning, hänge
  • (uncountable) The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
hängning

hanging adjective

  /ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ/
  • Suspended.
hängande

hang verb

  /hæŋ/
  • (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
  • (intransitive, legal) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
  • (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
  • (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
hänga
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