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Meaning of PENDENT

Pronunciation:  'pendunt

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 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"
 

PENDENT is a 7 letter word that starts with P.

 

 Synonyms: dangling(a), hanging, pendant, supported, suspended
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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.

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 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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