Meaning of PENDENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'pendunt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] supported from above; "the child dabbled his dangling feet in the water"; "fuchsias in hanging pots"; "pendent bunches of grapes"; "a suspended fireplace" |
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| | Synonyms: | | dangling(a), hanging, pendant, supported, suspended |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pend"ent\, a. [L. pendens, -entis, p. pr. of pendere to
hang, to be suspended. Cf. {Pendant}.]
1. Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous;
hanging; as, a pendent leaf. ``The pendent world.''
--Shak.
Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent
icicles tinkle. --Longfellow.
2. Jutting over; projecting; overhanging. ``A vapor sometime
like a . . . pendent rock.'' --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | at issue, cascading, conditional, conditioned, contingent, dangling, dependent, depending, falling, falling loosely, flowing, hanging, hung, in question, in suspense, in the balance, open, pending, pendulant, pendular, penduline, pendulous, pensile, suspended, suspenseful, swinging, uncounted, undecided, undetermined, unestablished, unfixed, unsettled, untold, up for grabs, weeping |
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