[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Pressure, strain; an awkward or difficult situation.


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in an earlier sense). Apparently the regional (south-eastern and East Anglian) reflex of an Old English (i-mutated) by-form of pound. Compare Middle Low German pend pond (one isolated attestation in a 15th-cent. translation of an Old Frisian document)

[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- An arch, an archway; an arched or vaulted roof or canopy; the vaulted ground floor of a tower or fortified building; a covered passage or entry; (in later use) especially one leading off a street frontage.


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English. Probably from pend

[], (Verb)

Definitions:
- To pinch, be constricting. Also: to press or beat down. Compare pend.


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in an earlier sense). Originally a regional (south-eastern and East Anglian) variant of pind

[], (Verb)

Definitions:
- To depend on or upon.

- To await conclusion or resolution.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century (in an earlier sense). From Middle French pendre to hang, be suspended and its etymon post-classical Latin pendere for classical Latin pendēre to hang, of uncertain origin

[], (Verb)

Definitions:
- To treat as pending; to postpone deciding on or attending to; to defer.


Phrases:

Origin:
1950s; earliest use found in Pamela Frankau (1908–1967), novelist. Back-formation from pending