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be pendent

VERB

hang

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STRONGEST

attach bend cover dangle decorate drape drift flap float hold hover lean pin remain stay up stick swing wave

STRONG

adhere beetle bow cling deck depend droop drop fasten fix flop furnish impend incline loll lop lower nail overhang project rest sag tack trail

WEAK

be fastened be in mid-air be loose be poised

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STRONGEST

detach remove straighten unfasten

STRONG

do let go loosen release rise

VERB

suspend

Synonyms

STRONG

append attach dangle depend sling swing wave

WEAK

hang down hang up hook up

Antonyms

STRONG

disjoin take away

WEAK

rise sustain

VERB

swing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

curve dangle flap fluctuate hang lurch pitch pivot rotate sway swivel turn twirl veer wave whirl wiggle wobble

STRONG

avert deflect divert oscillate palpitate reel revolve rock roll sheer shunt suspend swerve undulate vary vibrate volte-face waggle wheel

WEAK

pendulate turn about turn on an axis wag

Antonyms

STRONG

be still stabilize

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Weep, wēp, v.i. to express grief by shedding tears: to wail or lament: to drip, rain: to be pendent, as a weeping willow.—v.t. to lament: to pour forth:—pa.t. and pa.p. wept.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Let a large piece of cork be pendent from one end of a balance beam, and a small piece of lead from the other; the lead should rather preponderate.

From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown

V. be pendent &c. adj.; hang, depend, swing, dangle; swag; daggle†, flap, trail, flow; beetle. suspend, hang, sling, hook up, hitch, fasten to, append.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

be pendent

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