(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"
no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs"
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
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"
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"