What is the meaning of hanging?

noun

• Decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window.
  • usage: "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"
  • synonyms: wall hanging
• A form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead.
  • usage: "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"
• The act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely. )
  • usage: "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"
  • synonyms: suspension, dangling

verb

• Be suspended or hanging.
  • usage: "The flag hung on the wall"
  • synonyms: hang
• Cause to be hanging or suspended.
  • usage: "Hang that picture on the wall"
  • synonyms: hang, hang up
• Kill by hanging.
  • usage: "The murderer was hanged on Friday"
  • synonyms: hang, string up
• Let drop or droop.
  • usage: "Hang one's head in shame"
  • synonyms: hang
• Fall or flow in a certain way.
  • usage: "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
  • synonyms: hang, fall, flow
• Be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive.
  • usage: "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"
  • synonyms: hang
• Give heed (to. )
  • usage: "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"
  • synonyms: attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear
• Be suspended or poised.
  • usage: "Heavy fog hung over the valley"
  • synonyms: hang
• Hold on tightly or tenaciously.
  • usage: "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
  • synonyms: cling, hang
• Be exhibited.
  • usage: "Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum"
  • synonyms: hang
• Prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury.
  • synonyms: hang
• Decorate or furnish with something suspended.
  • usage: "Hang wallpaper"
  • synonyms: hang
• Be placed in position as by a hinge.
  • usage: "This cabinet door doesn't hang right"
  • synonyms: hang
• Place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction.
  • usage: "hang a door"
  • synonyms: hang
• Suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste.
  • usage: "hang the venison for a few days"
  • synonyms: hang