EGAVE

pendent

About 0.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
  2. adjective Pending (in various senses).
  3. adjective Either hanging in some sense, or constructed of multiple elements such as the voussoirs of an arch or the pendentives of a dome, none of which can stand on its own, but which in combination are stable.
  4. adjective Hanging or pointed downward; with its horns pointing downward.
  5. adjective Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
  6. adjective Projecting over something; overhanging.
  7. noun Alternative spelling of pendant.

Similar words

dangling hanging supported suspended pendant sprinkler inde pendulent dangly pendulous

Often followed by

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Word family

pendant

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