Definition of "pend" in English

verb

1. (obsolete) To hang down; to cause something to hang down

2. (obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault.

3. (obsolete) To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.

noun

1. (Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To pen; to confine.

verb

1. (transitive) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).

noun

1. (India) oil cake