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pendere — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • depend verb To rely on someone or something for support, help, or a particular outcome.
  • droop verb To bend or hang downward, especially from tiredness, weakness, or lack of support.
  • hang verb To attach something at the top so it hangs down freely, or to be suspended in this way.
  • lean verb To bend or tilt away from an upright position, or to rest against something for support.
  • slant noun A slope or tilt; a sloping surface or line.
  • slope noun A stretch of ground that rises or falls at an angle; or the steepness of any such surface or line.
  • tilt verb To lean or slant something, or to be at an angle.

Senses

pendere is used for these senses in English:

  • droop (intransitive) To hang downward; to sag.
  • hang (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
  • lean (copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
  • slant (ambitransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.
  • slope (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
  • tilt (transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant. [1590]

depend — full definition

  1. verb To rely on someone or something for support, help, or a particular outcome.
  2. verb To vary according to circumstances; used to say an answer isn't fixed.

droop — full definition

  1. verb To bend or hang downward, especially from tiredness, weakness, or lack of support.
  2. verb To lose energy, enthusiasm, or spirit.

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