pend
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pend¹
- /pɛnd/ UK, US
- /pɪnd/ pin pen merger
Sounds like penned, pinned · Rhymes with -ɛnd
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre.
verb pends · pending · pended
- To hang down; to cause something to hang down
- To arch over (something); to vault.
- To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on. pending upon certain powerful motives
noun pends
- An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.
pend²
- /pɛnd/ UK, US
- /pɪnd/ pin pen merger
Sounds like penned, pinned · Rhymes with -ɛnd
Where it comes from
Compare pen (“to shut in”).
verb pends · pending · pended
- To pen; to confine. soche frowarde creatures as many women are, ought rather to be pended vp in a cage of iron
pend³
- /pɛnd/ UK, US
- /pɪnd/ pin pen merger
Sounds like penned, pinned · Rhymes with -ɛnd
Where it comes from
Back-formation from pending.
verb pends · pending · pended
- To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something). The latest list of detainees would be pended and they would be allowed to return to their homes on a temporary basis.
pend⁴
- /pɛnd/ UK, US
- /pɪnd/ pin pen merger
Sounds like penned, pinned · Rhymes with -ɛnd
noun
- oil cake
