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be pendent

VERB
hang
Synonyms
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
Antonyms
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