pend
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /pɛnd/
- Homophone: penned
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /pɪnd/
- Homophone: pinned
- Rhymes: -ɛnd
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre.
Verb
pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)
Noun
pend (plural pends)
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:alley
Translations
a large vaulted passageway
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Etymology 2
Compare pen (“to shut in”).
Verb
pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)
- (obsolete, transitive) To pen; to confine.
- (Can we date this quote?) Nicholas Udall
- pended within the limits […] of Greece
- (Can we date this quote?) Nicholas Udall
Etymology 3
Back-formation from pending.
Verb
pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)
- (transitive) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something). [from 20th c.]
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 817:
- The latest list of detainees would be pended and they would be allowed to return to their homes on a temporary basis.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 817:
Etymology 4
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French
Scots
Spanish
Etymology
Shortening of pendejo
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