pendent

3 definitions found

pendent - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pendent \Pend"ent\ (p[e^]nd"ent), a. [L. pendens, -entis, p. pr.
     of pendere to hang, to be suspended. Cf. Pendant.]
     1. Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous;
        hanging; as, a pendent leaf. "The pendent world." --Shak.
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              Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent
              icicles tinkle.                       --Longfellow.
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     2. Jutting over; projecting; overhanging. "A vapor sometime
        like a . . . pendent rock." --Shak.
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pendent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pendent
      adj 1: held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes" [syn:
             pendent, pendant, dependent]
      n 1: an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace
           or earring) [syn: pendant, pendent]
      2: branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the
         ceiling [syn: chandelier, pendant, pendent]

pendent - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "pendent":
     at issue, cascading, conditional, conditioned, contingent,
     dangling, dependent, depending, falling, falling loosely, flowing,
     hanging, hung, in question, in suspense, in the balance, open,
     pending, pendulant, pendular, penduline, pendulous, pensile,
     suspended, suspenseful, swinging, uncounted, undecided,
     undetermined, unestablished, unfixed, unsettled, untold,
     up for grabs, weeping