pend

Meanings

1. To hang down; to cause something to hang down
2. To arch over (something); to vault.
3. To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.

1. 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.

1. To pen; to confine.

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

1. oil cake

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre.