"pend" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɛnd/ [UK, US], /pɪnd/ [pin-pen-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pend.wav Forms: pends [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)pend-}}, {{bor|en|frm|pendre||to hang}} Middle French pendre (“to hang”), {{der|en|LL.||pendĕre}} Late Latin pendĕre, {{der|en|la|pendēre}} Latin pendēre Head templates: {{en-noun}} pend (plural pends)
  1. (Scotland) 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. Tags: Scotland Synonyms: alley Translations (a large vaulted passageway): holvikäytävä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-pend-en-noun-wV9BcZI9 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 8 2 14 32 2 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 5 24 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 31 8 4 17 28 3 3 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 5 3 17 32 2 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 6 25 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /pɛnd/ [UK, US], /pɪnd/ [pin-pen-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pend.wav
Rhymes: -ɛnd Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pend (uncountable)
  1. (India) oil cake Tags: India, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pend-en-noun-pvWuTWm8 Categories (other): Indian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /pɛnd/ [UK, US], /pɪnd/ [pin-pen-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pend.wav Forms: pends [present, singular, third-person], pending [participle, present], pended [participle, past], pended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)pend-}}, {{bor|en|frm|pendre||to hang}} Middle French pendre (“to hang”), {{der|en|LL.||pendĕre}} Late Latin pendĕre, {{der|en|la|pendēre}} Latin pendēre Head templates: {{en-verb}} pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)
  1. (obsolete) To hang down; to cause something to hang down Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-pend-en-verb-Jp-4KxVT
  2. (obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault. Tags: Scotland, obsolete
    Sense id: en-pend-en-verb-CgB9I1N~ Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 8 2 14 32 2 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 31 8 4 17 28 3 3 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 5 3 17 32 2 2 1 3
  3. (obsolete) To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-pend-en-verb-EBCWJmo5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 8 2 14 32 2 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 31 8 4 17 28 3 3 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 5 3 17 32 2 2 1 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /pɛnd/ [UK, US], /pɪnd/ [pin-pen-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pend.wav Forms: pends [present, singular, third-person], pending [participle, present], pended [participle, past], pended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: Compare pen (“to shut in”). Head templates: {{en-verb}} pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To pen; to confine. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-pend-en-verb-35UI7hZF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /pɛnd/ [UK, US], /pɪnd/ [pin-pen-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pend.wav Forms: pends [present, singular, third-person], pending [participle, present], pended [participle, past], pended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: Back-formation from pending. Head templates: {{en-verb}} pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)
  1. (transitive) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pend-en-verb-VSw1GINi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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