hanging
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
the cold castle walls were covered with hangings
Types & categories
- decoration hypernym
- dossal hyponym
- Kakemono hyponym
- lambrequin hyponym
- arras hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
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
Types & categories
- execution hypernym
Related & opposite
- string up derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait
Types & categories
- supporting hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hang |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hang |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hang |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | decoration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dossal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Kakemono |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lambrequin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arras |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | string up |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | execution |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | suspend |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | suspend |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hang |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dangle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | supporting |