pend

Plural: pends

Verb

Verb Forms: pended, pending, pends

To remain undecided or awaiting resolution.
To hang down; to cause something to hang down
To arch over (something); to vault.
To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.
To pen; to confine.
To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).

Noun

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.
oil cake

Examples

The challenge to the word PEND will PEND until the dictionary is consulted.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

alley

Scrabble Score: 7

pend: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pend: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pend: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

pend: valid Words With Friends Word