be hanging

Definition of be hanging in English English dictionary
hanging: Present participle of hang
hanging: The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide)
Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.
Hanging: pendant
hanging: The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged
hanging: A slang term for leaving a piece en prise
hanging: Death by suspension; execution by a halter
hanging: Suspending meat or game in a cool, dry place until it is tender
hanging: Anything wide, high and rather thin that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, wallpaper or posters)
hanging: decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings
hanging: A public event at which a person is hanged
hanging: Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges
hanging: or to cover or drape a door or window; used chiefly in the plural
hanging: 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"
hanging: decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"
hanging: Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter
hanging: The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended
hanging: simultaneously attacked and unprotected A related term is en prise
hanging: That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc
hanging: A hanging is a large piece of cloth that you put as a decoration on a wall
hanging: Suspended
hanging: {s} located on a sharp descent or slope; overhanging; suitable to hold something that hangs; that deserves death by hanging
hanging: {i} act of suspending; act of executing by suspending by the neck (from a gallows, gibbet, etc.); something that is hung (such as drapes, tapestry, etc.); descending slope, inclination going down
hanging: Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves
hanging: A lie where the ball is above the golfer's feet Also what happens to a golfer caught using a hand mashie
hanging: the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"