pend

pɛnd

Definition

Definition of pend - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

awaiting

intr.

Dated

await judgment or settlement

intr.

Dated

The case will pend until next month.

await

linger

remain

postponing

tr.

Dated

delay or postpone something

tr.

Dated

They decided to pend the meeting.

defer

delay

postpone

Noun

food

Rare

type of oil cake used in India

Rare

Farmers use pend as cattle feed.

cake

loaf

patty

archway

Dated

passageway with an arched roof

Dated

The old city had a beautiful pend.

arcade

passage

vault

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pat. pend.

abbr.

invention waiting for legal protection

The device is marked as pat. pend. on the box.

Origin of pend

Latin, pendere (to hang)

Examples of pend in a sentence

The decision will pend until further notice.
The decision to pend the project was unanimous.
They will pend the announcement until next week.
Pend is often mixed with other feed for nutrition.
Villagers rely on pend for their livestock's diet.
The pend led to a hidden courtyard.

Tourists admired the ancient pend in the castle.

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French:être en attente, tourteau indien, ...
German:anhängig sein, Pend, ...
Italian:pendere, torta d'olio, ...
Spanish:quedar pendiente, torta de aceite, ...
Portuguese:ficar pendente, torta de óleo, ...
Chinese:待决, 油饼, ...
Japanese:保留する, ペンド, ...
Arabic:اِنْتَظَرَ, كَعْكَة زَيْتِيَّة تُسْتَخْدَم كَعَلَف لِلماشِيَة, ...
Hebrew:לְהַמְתִּין, עֻגַּת שֶׁמֶן הוֹדִית, ...
Russian:ожидать, масляный жмых, ...
Ukrainian:очікувати, пенд, ...
Hindi:लंबित रहना, पेंड, ...
Bengali:অপেক্ষা করা, পেন্ড, ...
Catalan:estar pendent, pastís d'oli, ...
Czech:čekat na rozhodnutí, pokrutina, ...
Danish:afvente, pend, ...
Dutch:afwachten, pend, ...
Greek:εκκρεμώ, πεντ, ...
Hungarian:függőben lenni, olajpogácsa, ...
Khmer:កំពុងរង់ចាំការសម្រេចក្តី, នំប្រេងមួយប្រភេទដែលប្រើនៅឥណ្ឌា, ...
Korean:기다리다, 펜드, ...
Persian:در انتظار بود, پند, ...
Polish:oczekiwać, ciasto olejne, ...
Portuguese (BR):aguardar, torta de óleo indiana, ...
Romanian:a rămâne în așteptare, tort de ulei indian, ...
Swedish:vänta, pend, ...
Thai:รอการตัดสิน, เพนท์, ...
Turkish:beklemek, pend, ...
Vietnamese:được chờ, bánh dầu, ...

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