pend

See also: pënd

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#PENDCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)pend-#PEND

Borrowed from Middle FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from Middle French#PENDCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#PEND pendre (“to hang”), from Late LatinCategory:English terms derived from Late Latin#PEND pendĕre, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#PEND pendēre.

Verb

pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)Category:English lemmas#PENDCategory:English verbs#PENDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PENDCategory:Pages with entries#PENDCategory:Pages with 5 entries#PEND

  1. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#PEND) To hang down; to cause something to hang down [15th–19th c.]
  2. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#PEND, ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#PEND) To arch over (something); to vault. [15th–18th c.]
  3. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#PEND) To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.

Noun

pend (plural pends)Category:English lemmas#PENDCategory:English nouns#PENDCategory:English countable nouns#PENDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PENDCategory:Pages with entries#PENDCategory:Pages with 5 entries#PEND

  1. (ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#PEND) 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. [from 15th c.]
Synonyms
Translations

Etymology 2

Compare pen (“to shut in”).

Verb

pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)Category:English lemmas#PENDCategory:English verbs#PENDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PENDCategory:Pages with entries#PENDCategory:Pages with 5 entries#PEND

  1. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#PEND, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#PEND) To pen; to confine.

Etymology 3

Back-formation from pending.

Verb

pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)Category:English lemmas#PENDCategory:English verbs#PENDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PENDCategory:Pages with entries#PENDCategory:Pages with 5 entries#PEND

  1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#PEND) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something). [from 20th c.]

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in English entries#PEND

Noun

pend (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#PENDCategory:English nouns#PENDCategory:English uncountable nouns#PENDCategory:English uncountable nouns#PENDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PENDCategory:Pages with entries#PENDCategory:Pages with 5 entries#PEND

  1. (IndiaCategory:Indian English#PEND) oil cake

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

pendCategory:French non-lemma forms#PENDCategory:French verb forms#PENDCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#PENDCategory:Pages with entries#PENDCategory:Pages with 5 entries#PEND

  1. third-person singular present indicative of pendre

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian pendere, from Latin.

Verb

pendCategory:Lombard lemmas#PENDCategory:Lombard verbs#PENDCategory:Lombard entries with incorrect language header#PENDCategory:Pages with entries#PENDCategory:Pages with 5 entries#PEND

  1. to hang

Scots

Noun

pend (plural pends)Category:Scots lemmas#PENDCategory:Scots nouns#PENDCategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#PENDCategory:Pages with entries#PENDCategory:Pages with 5 entries#PEND

  1. An arch, vault.
  2. A passageway between houses.

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of pendejoCategory:Spanish clippings#PEND.

Noun

pend m or f by sense (plural pends)Category:Spanish lemmas#PENDCategory:Spanish nouns#PENDCategory:Spanish countable nouns#PENDCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#PENDCategory:Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense#PENDCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#PENDCategory:Spanish feminine nouns#PENDCategory:Spanish nouns with multiple genders#PENDCategory:Pages with entries#PENDCategory:Pages with 5 entries#PEND

  1. (slangCategory:Spanish slang#PEND) dumbass; retard; plonker
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