Definition of hanging

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Hanging (n.) The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.

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Slouching :: Slouching (a.) Hanging down at the side; limp; drooping; without firmness or shapeliness; moving in an ungainly manner.
Entermewer :: Entermewer (n.) A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year..
Metachrosis :: Metachrosis (n.) The power og changing color at will by the expansion of special pigment cells, under nerve influence, as seen in many reptiles, fishes, etc..
Cut-out :: Cut-out (n.) A species of switch for changing the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state..
Pendent :: Pendent (a.) Jutting over; projecting; overhanging.
Hanging :: Hanging (n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
Precipice :: Precipice (n.) A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff..
Impending :: Impending (a.) Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening.
Jute :: "Jute (n.) The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and C. capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc..
Resist :: Resist (n.) A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes..
Nigrescent :: Nigrescent (a.) Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness.
Crestfallen :: Crestfallen (a.) With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed..
Pulley :: Pulley (v. t.) A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain..
Shifting :: Shifting (a.) Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles..
Locomotive :: Locomotive (a.) Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal..
Wattle :: Wattle (n.) A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile..
Chopping :: Chopping (a.) Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea..
Background :: Background (n.) Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings..
Peel :: Peel (n.) A spadelike implement, variously used, as for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven; also, a T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry. Also, the blade of an oar..
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