"pendulous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpɛndjʊləs/, /ˈpɛndʒʊləs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pendulous.wav Forms: more pendulous [comparative], most pendulous [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pendulus (“pendant”), from pendeō (“I hang”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|pendulus||pendant}} Latin pendulus (“pendant”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} pendulous (comparative more pendulous, superlative most pendulous)
  1. Hanging from, or as if from, a support. Translations (hanging down): висящ (visjašt) (Bulgarian), увиснал (uvisnal) (Bulgarian), riippuva (Finnish), roikkuva (Finnish), pendulus (Latin), hāwere (Maori), hauwere (Maori)
    Sense id: en-pendulous-en-adj-v4vUEput Disambiguation of 'hanging down': 80 4 16
  2. Indecisive or hesitant
    Sense id: en-pendulous-en-adj-DVUC-qeU
  3. (biology) Having branches etc. that bend downwards; drooping or weeping Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-pendulous-en-adj-QG3~HZlI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 3 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 0 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 0 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 0 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 16 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 16 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 14 0 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 23 16 61 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pendulous abdomen
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      "word": "висящ"
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      "sense": "hanging down",
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