hanging B1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #1431 Meanings 1 adj Attached at the top so that the rest falls down freely. Hanging plants decorated the balcony. 2 noun The act of killing someone by hanging them by the neck. In that country, hanging was once the punishment for murder. 3 noun A piece of decorated cloth hung on a wall. A colorful wall hanging covered the cold stone. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · the act of killing someone... halter 3 noun · a piece of decorated cloth... wall hanging Word family Forms hangings Derived forms antihangingbedhangingcrapehangingcrepehangingpaperhangingwallhanging Related forms portiere Common collocations wall hanging Adjective + noun public hanging Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English hangynge, honginge, equivalent to hang + -ing. Compare Old English hengen (“hanging”) and hōhing (“hanging”). hangynge Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # hanging **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 1431 ## Meanings 1. Attached at the top so that the rest falls down freely. 2. The act of killing someone by hanging them by the neck. 3. A piece of decorated cloth hung on a wall. ## Examples - Hanging plants decorated the balcony. - In that country, hanging was once the punishment for murder. - A colorful wall hanging covered the cold stone. ## Derived Forms - antihanging - bedhanging - crapehanging - crepehanging - paperhanging - wallhanging ## Related Forms - portiere ## Roots and Affixes - Root: hangynge ## Etymology From Middle English hangynge, honginge, equivalent to hang + -ing. Compare Old English hengen (“hanging”) and hōhing (“hanging”). ## AI Etymology Hanging comes from Middle English hangynge, honginge, equivalent to hang + -ing. Compare Old English hengen (“hanging”) and hōhing (“hanging”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “Attached at the top so that the rest falls down freely” and “The act of killing someone by hanging them by the neck”. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction markdown