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pendent

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

pend=ent

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pendent has 2 senses

pendent(n = noun.artifact) pendant - an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring); Array

is a kind of adornment

has particulars: lavalier, lavaliere, lavalliere

is a part of necklace, drop earring, eardrop, pendant earring

pendent(n = noun.artifact) chandelier, pendant - branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling; Array

is a kind of lighting fixture

Adjective pendent has 1 sense

pendent(s = adj.all) dependent, pendant - held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pendent, a. [L. pendens, -entis, p. pr. of pendere to hang, to be suspended. Cf. Pendant.].

Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent icicles tinkle." [1913 Webster]
Jutting over; projecting; overhanging. Shak. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pendent, adj. (also pendant)
1 a hanging. b overhanging.
2 undecided; pending.
3 Gram. (esp. of a sentence) incomplete; not having a finite verb (pendent nominative).

Derivative

pendency n.

Etymology

ME (as PENDANT)

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THESAURUS

pendent

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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ROGET THESAURUS

pendent

Pendency

N pendency, dependency, suspension, hanging, pedicel, pedicle, peduncle, tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum, hangnail peg, knob, button, hook, nail, stud, ring, staple, tenterhook, fastening, spar, horse, pendent, pendulous, pensile, hanging, beetling, jutting over, overhanging, projecting, dependent, suspended, loose, flowing, having a peduncle, pedunculate, tailed, caudate.

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