hanging meaning

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Hanging is the suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck.
Hanging is the most reliable method of suicide in which a person applies a ligature to the neck and
^ a b Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed.

hanging

NounPLhangingsSUF-ing
1. (uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide).
  1. No, Sir, 'tis fear of Hanging. Who would not ſteal, or do Murder, every time his Fingers itch'd at it, were it not for fear of the Gallows?
Verb
1. present participle of hang.
Adjective
1. Suspended.
  1. The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - He's been hanging paper all over town: nobody wants to even talk to him any more.
  - And his discreete father, being safe according to his vowe, hanging vp his wings in the temple of Appollo.
  - The winding streams and hanging hills repeat / Loud groans from ev'ry herd, from ev'ry fold / Complaintive murmurs; heaps on heaps they fall, / There where they fall they lie, corrupt and rot.

Meaning of hanging for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "hanging" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.

Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
1. Adjectives
  - Uncomparable adjectives
2. Nouns
  - Countable nouns
  - Singularia tantum
    - Uncountable nouns
3. Verbs
  - Verb forms
    - Participles
      - Present participles

Difficultness: Level 1

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Definiteness: Level 8

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