pend

Meaning

Noun

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.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To hang down; to cause something to hang down
2. (obsolete) To arch over (something); to vault.
3. (obsolete) To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.

Verb

To pen; to confine.

Verb

To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).

Synonyms

hang

hanging

impend

loll

lop

suspend

suspense

dangle

hanging-up

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɛnd/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre.