hanging:1
adjective12th century{ds||1||}
- situated or lying on steeply sloping ground
- jutting out : overhanging
- supported only by the wall on one side
hanging:2
noun
hanging
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14th century{ds||1||}
- an execution by strangling or breaking the neck by a suspended noose
- something hung: such as
- curtain
hang:1
verbbefore 12th century{ds|t|1|a|}
- to fasten to some elevated point without support from below : suspend
- to suspend by the neck until dead —often hanged in the past—often used as a mild oath
- to fasten so as to allow free motion within given limits upon a point of suspension
hanging indention
noun
hanging indention
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1904
- indention of all the lines of a paragraph except the first
hanging lobster claw
noun
hanging lobster claw
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1968
- an ornamental heliconia (Heliconia rostrata) that has long hanging flower clusters bearing flowers enclosed in large bright red bracts tipped in yellow and green —called also lobster claw
low-hanging fruit
noun1909
- the obvious or easy things that can be most readily done or dealt with in achieving success or making progress toward an objective —often used with pick
cliff-hanger
nouncirca 1931{ds||1||}
- an adventure serial or melodrama; especially : one presented in installments each ending in suspense
- a contest whose outcome is in doubt up to the very end; broadly : a suspenseful situation
hang about
verb
hang about
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1781
- hang
hang around
verb
hang around
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1823{ds||2||}
- to pass time idly or in relaxing or socializing
- to stay in or at a place for a period of time
- to pass time or stay in or at (a place) or in the company of (someone)
hang back
verb
hang back
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1581{ds||1||}
- to drag behind others
- to be reluctant
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