| Noun | 1. | hanging - decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings" Synonyms: wall hanging |
| 2. | 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" | |
| 3. | 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" Synonyms: dangling, suspension |
HANGING, punishment. Death by the halter, or the suspending of a criminal, condemned to suffer death, by the neck, until life is extinct. A mode of capital punishment.
To watch a hanging in your dream, represents your feelings of insecurity. Consider also the image as a pun for something in your life which you have left hanging or unfinished. To dream that you are hanging up clothes, suggests that you are clarifying your thoughts and elevating yourself to a new state of awareness.act drop, asbestos, asbestos board, backdrop, bagging, baggy, batten, beheading, blanket, border, burning, capital punishment, cascading, cloak, cloth, coat, coulisse, counterweight, cover, coverage, covering, covert, coverture, cowl, cowling, crucifixion, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, danglement, dangling, decapitation, decline, declivity, decollation, decor, defenestration, dependence, dependency, dependent, depending, descent, dip, downcast, downgate, downgrade, downhanging, downhill, downturned, drape, drapery, drooping, drop, drop curtain, ear lobe, easy, electrocution, execution, fall, falling, falling loosely, falling-off, fire curtain, flapping, flat, flipper, flowing, fusillade, garrote, gassing, guise, hang, hanger, hemlock, hood, housing, hung, judicial murder, lapidation, lappet, lax, lobation, lobe, lobule, loose, mantle, mask, necktie party, pall, pendant, pendency, pendent, pending, pendulant, pendular, penduline, pendulosity, pendulous, pendulousness, pensile, pensileness, pensility, poisoning, rag, relaxed, rickety, scene, scenery, screen, shaky, shelter, shield, shooting, shroud, side scene, slack, sloppy, stage screw, stoning, strangling, strangulation, streaming, suspended, suspense, suspension, swinging, tab, tableau, teaser, the ax, the block, the chair, the gallows, the gas chamber, the guillotine, the hot seat, the rope, tormentor, transformation, transformation scene, uvula, veil, vestment, weeping, wing, wingcut, woodcut